Bangladesh Bank has asked the scheduled banks to keep branches open on April 5, 6, and 7 under special arrangement for payment of garment workers' salaries, Eid bonuses, allowances, and export bills.

The Department of Off-site Supervision of the central bank on Sunday issued a circular in this regard and sent it to the top executives of the banks for necessary actions.

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As per the central bank’s instruction, the banks will remain open for transactions from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on a limited scale.

It instructed banks to keep open the branches in Dhaka metropolitan area, Ashulia, Tongi, Gazipur, Savar, Bhaluka, and the industry-related branches of banks located in Narayanganj and Chittagong ensuring adequate security.