Banks have been asked to continue operation on Friday (May 22) and Saturday (May 23) in the industrial areas to facilitate payment of wages to garment workers before Eid and also continue export import activities.
Bangladesh Bank gave the directive to the banks through a circular issued by its department off-site supervision, reports UNB.
The areas where banks will remain open include Dhaka City, Ashulia, Gazipur, Savar, Narayanganj and Chattogram.
The bank branches will remain open from 10:00am to 12:30pm for transaction and also up to 1:00pm for other activities on Friday while they will operate transaction from 10:00am to 2:30pm and other activities until 3:30pm on Saturday, said the central bank.
