Bangladesh cuts banking, stock trading hours during virus lockdown

Bangladesh regulators have decided to keep banks open for transactions from 10 am to 12:30 pm and stock exchanges for two hours during the coronavirus lockdown that starts on Monday.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 4 April 2021, 11:54 AM
Updated : 4 April 2021, 11:55 AM

After transactions, the banks can remain open until 2 pm to complete other tasks, Bangladesh Bank said in a notice on Sunday.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission said that the stock exchanges will have a 15-minute post-closing time after 12 pm.

The instructions will be effective from Apr 5 to Apr 11. Operations will remain closed on weekly and public holidays.