DMD Circular Letter No. 03: Time schedule of Bangladesh Government Bill/Bond Auction, Bangladesh Bank Bill Auction, Repo, ALS & EDSMoney platform transaction during Ramadan

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

Department of Market Development

Date: -------------------
06 Chaitra 1429
20 March 2023

DMD Circular Letter No.-03

Managing Director/Chief Executive
All Scheduled Banks and Financial Institutions operating in Bangladesh.

Dear Sir,

Regarding the time schedule of Bangladesh Government Treasury Bill/Bond Auction, Bangladesh Bank Bill Auction, Repo, Assured Liquidity Support (ALS) and EDSMoney platform transactions during the holy month of Ramadan.

The time schedule for submitting bids in the auctions of Bangladesh Government Treasury Bill/Bond, Bangladesh Government Islamic Investment Bond, Bangladesh Bank Bill, Central Bank Repo, Inter Bank Repo, Reverse Repo, Special Repo, and Assured Liquidity Support (ALS) during the holy month of Ramadan is determined as follows:

	Auction Activity	Applicable Time Schedule during Ramadan
1.	Bangladesh Government Treasury Bill/Bond/Sukuk/Bangladesh Government Islamic Investment Bond/Bangladesh Bank Bill Auction	9:30-11:30
2.	Central Bank Repo/Reverse Repo/ ALS	9:30-1:30
3.	Special Repo	9:30-3:00
4.	Inter Bank Repo/ Secondary Trade (OTC)	9:30-2:00
5.	Secondary Trade (TWS)	9:30-1:30

2. In addition, all activities on the EDSMoney platform will be conducted from 9:30 AM to 3:45 PM. It is noted that the current normal time schedule will come into effect after the holy month of Ramadan has passed.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature)
(Khodkar Siddiqur Rahman)
Director (DMD)
Phone: 02-9530130

Phone: 88-02-9550448, 9554896, IP: 88-02-56685001-6, Fax: 88-02-9530471, www.bb.org.bd