DOS Circular Letter No. 17: Keeping scheduled bank branches dealing with foreign remittance open on 24 June, 2017 to facilitate foreign remittance distribution

Bangladesh Bank Chief Executive Office Motijheel, Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh. Department of Off-site Supervision DOS Circular Letter No.-17 To: All Scheduled Banks operating in Bangladesh. Date: ------------------------- 06 Asharh, 1424 Bangabda 20 June, 2017 AD

Dear Sir,

In the context of branches dealing with foreign remittance distribution remaining open ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday, 24 June 2017, you are hereby directed to keep a necessary number of branches open based on your own assessment, considering the number of foreign remittance facility users and the volume of remittances, while ensuring security, solely for the purpose of conducting cash deposit and withdrawal and foreign remittance distribution activities. This is to maintain the normal flow of foreign remittances, which are considered one of the components of the country's economic engine, and to facilitate the distribution of remittances sent by expatriates ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

This matter is very important.

Yours faithfully,

Signed/- (Bindu Bhushan Basak) Deputy General Manager Phone: 9530618 Phone: 88-02-7126101-20, Fax: 9530493, 9530297 Department of Off-site Supervision Bangladesh Bank