Weekend Banking
Bankers urge BB to withdraw circulars
Star Business Report
The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) has requested the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to withdrew the circulars relating to keeping authorised dealers (AD) branches of commercial banks open on Friday and Saturday for overseas transaction.The request came following an emergency meeting of the ABB on Thursday with its Chairman M Aminuzzaman in the chair. The ABB also requested the BB to reinstate a previous circular, which reads 'banks may, at their own discretion, keep their AD branches open on Saturday as per their requirement.' During the meeting, the members opined keeping AD branches open on Friday and Saturday without functioning of all other agencies concerned could help a little in the export-import activities.
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