DHAKA, April 05, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh Bank (BB) has requested the Home
Affairs Ministry to take necessary steps for ensuring smooth travel of bank
employees during the ongoing general holidays in the wake of coronavirus
outbreak.
BB Governor Fazle Kabir wrote a letter to the senior secretary of the home
ministry on Saturday in this regard, requesting to adopt required measures to
facilitate bank employees’ movement to and from their respective work places
without any hindrance.
The government has extended the holidays for all public and private offices
from April 5 to April 11, including weekly holidays.
But, the central bank asked the banks to continue their banking services
in limited scale by keeping open from 10am to 3pm during the general holidays
from April 5 to April 9.