PSD-2 Circular Letter No. 02: BACH and RTGS Transaction Schedule for 18 and 19 March 2026 Preceding Eid-ul-Fitr

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Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank of Bangladesh) Head Office Motijheel, Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh

Payment Systems Department-2

PSD-2 Circular Letter No. 02

Date: 27 Falgun 1432 12 March 2026

Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Banks and Bangladesh Cooperative Bank Limited operating in Bangladesh

Dear Sir,

Regarding the Schedule for BACH and RTGS Transactions on Government Holidays Preceding Eid-ul-Fitr 2026.

In continuation of Circular No. 04 dated 10 March 2026 from the Supervisory Data Management and Analytics Department, the operations of the Bangladesh Automated Clearing House BACH (BACPS and BEFTN) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) on the government holidays of 18 and 19 March 2026 will be conducted according to the schedule detailed below.

Transaction Schedule for Bangladesh Automated Clearing House (BACH):

a) BACPS High Value Clearing - Presentment Cut off Time - 11:30 AM, Return Cut off Time - 12:30 PM Regular Value Clearing - Presentment Cut off Time - 12:00 PM, Return Cut off Time - 01:00 PM

b) On the aforementioned days, the three sessions of BEFTN will remain operational according to the previous schedule.

Transaction Schedule for Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS):

a) All transactions (BDT & FC) - 10:00 AM to 12:45 PM b) Interbank Fund Transfer and Return (BDT & FC) - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Yours faithfully,

(Signature) (Md. Sharafat Ullah Khan) Director (PSD-2) Phone: 9530611

Phone: 88-02-9530010-75, 9530700-59, Fax: 88-02-9566212, www.bb.org.bd