The central bank of Bangladesh has announced the office hours of all scheduled banks during the ensuing holy month of Ramadan, said a Bangladesh Bank (BB) press release in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The scheduled banks will remain open from 9:30 am to 4.00 pm from Sunday to Thursday including the prayer break from 1.15 pm to 1.30 pm. The transaction hours will be from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this connection on Monday and asked the chief executives of all banks to follow the changed office hours during Ramadan. During the prayer break, transactions will be done through internal coordination as was done before Ramadan, the circular said.
The weekly holiday would be Friday and Saturday. The office and the transaction hours of the banks would be followed as before after the holy Ramadan, the BB release added.