Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Bank branches at the Chattogram, Mongla and Benapole land ports will remain open from 7am to 10pm every day throughout the week.
The ports are currently operating round the clock to facilitate business activities.
The decision about the bank branches was made at a meeting, presided over by Shipping Minister Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, at the ministry on Wednesday.
Sufficient number of scanner machines will be set up at the ports as soon as possible.
Shipping Ministry Secretary Md Abdus Samad, Chittagong Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral Zulfiqur Aziz, Bangladesh Land Port Authority Chairman Tapan Kumar Chakravorty, and Mongla Port Authority Chairman Commodore AKM Faruque Hassan, among others, attended the meeting.