Banks open 9:30am to 4pm in Ramadan
Banks in Bangladesh will remain open from 9:30am to 4:00pm on every working day during Ramadan, which may begin next week based on the sighting of the moon.
People will be able to conduct banking transactions from 9:30am to 2:30pm, according to a central bank notice issued today.
Bangladesh Bank said office and banking hours would return to their earlier timetable once Ramadan ends.
Clients in the country are commonly allowed to settle transactions between 10:00am and 3:30pm. And operational activities of banks have to be closed by 5:00pm each working day.