BSS, Dhaka
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks to start normal banking operations from Wednesday, maintaining social distancing measures and health guidelines amid Covid-19 pandemic.
As per the instruction, all branches of all banks will have to reopen for transactions from 10am to 4pm, and bankers will have to stay at the bank premises till 6pm to complete official tasks, according to a BB circular issued on Monday.
Earlier, BB instructed banks to operate banking activities on a limited scale between July 25 and August 5 -- from 10am to 1:30pm only, instead of the normal 10am-4pm timings.
