DOS Circular Letter No. 15: Opening of all scheduled bank AD branches situated at Bangladesh-India border area on Friday & Saturday before Holy Eid-Ul-Fitre

Department of Off-Site Supervision Motijheel, Dhaka-1000

Department of Off-Site Supervision. Ref. No. DOS Circular Letter No. 15/2013 Date: 31 July, 2013

To, The Chief Executive Officers of all Banks operating in Bangladesh.

Dear Sir,

Regarding the opening of land ports and customs stations during the current Ramadan and upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitre.

Reference is drawn to your attention to DOS Circular Letter No. 18 dated 07/12/2006.

2. In the said Circular Letter, instructions were given to keep all branches (Authorized Dealers) of commercial banks located at the following places open on Fridays and Saturdays until further notice, for the convenience of foreign trade and transactions in the country:

a) Airports - Dhaka and Chittagong, b) Sea/River Ports - Chittagong and Mongla, c) Land Ports - Benapole, Sonaimurganj, Hili, ICDC (Kamalapur).

Furthermore, instructions were given that banks may, at their own discretion, keep open those Authorized Dealer branches involved in import-export trade transactions located at other places in the country, which are necessary to be kept open on Saturdays.

3. Now, instructions are given that, in the interest of maintaining the supply of onions in the market and stabilizing prices during the current Ramadan and upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitre, and to facilitate uninterrupted onion imports from India, all Authorized Dealer (AD) branches of scheduled banks operating at other land ports along the Bangladesh-India border shall remain open on all weekly holidays (Friday and Saturday) preceding the holy Eid-Ul-Fitre.

Please acknowledge receipt.

Yours faithfully,

(Sd/-) (Md. Ibrahim Bhuiyan) Deputy General Manager Phone: 9530207.