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Evening banking to remain closed: BB

GreenWatch Desk Banking 2022-09-06, 11:57pm




Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to halt evening banking activities until further instructions to save  electricity. 

The central bank took the decision in the light of the changes brought by the government in office schedule for power saving, as per a BB circular issued  today.

Earlier, on August 22, BB instructed all banks to provide customer services from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in line with new office hours in an effort to save electricity, reports BSS.