
Branches of the scheduled banks in the readymade garments industrial areas will remain open on June 5, 11 and 12 to facilitate payment of garment workers’ salary, Eid bonus, allowances and export-import activities.
The areas are Dhaka, Ashulia, Tongi, Gazipur, Savar, Bhaluka, Narayanganj and Chattogram, according to a circular released by the Bangladesh Bank on Sunday.
The clients will be able to do banking transactions between 10:00am and 2:00pm, but the office will remain open until 4:00pm.
After the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, banks will resume activities from June 15 and provide banking services as per regular time.