Bangladesh Bank on Thursday asked banks to resume regular banking activities from today, moving away from banking in limited capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Banks will remain open for transactions from 10:00am to 4:00pm, but will operate from 10:00am to 2:30pm in medium and high-risk areas prone to coronavirus, a central bank circular said. The BB circular also said bank branches or booths will remain open 24 hours and seven days a week in port and customs house areas. From Sunday, trading in both the stock exchanges will take place from 10:30am to 1:30pm without any break instead of the regular trading hours from 10:30am to 2:30pm. The two stock exchanges remained closed since March 26, as the government announced general holidays as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel virus.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 30, 2020 16:41 UTC