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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.-04

Date: 09 Jyestha 1899
25 May 2023

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

Dear Sir,

Regarding the scheduling of BACH and RTGS transactions on the government holidays preceding the holy Eid-ul-Adha 2023.

In continuation of Circular Letter No. 09 dated 18 May 2023 from the Supervisory Data Management and Analytics Department, the operations of the Bangladesh Automated Clearing House BACH (BACPS & BEFTN) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) on the government holidays of 25 and 26 May 2023 will be conducted according to the following schedule:

1. Transaction Schedule for Bangladesh Automated Clearing House (BACH):

a) High Value Clearing for BACPS

• 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) The three sessions of BEFTN on the aforementioned days will remain operational according to the previous schedule.

2. Transaction Schedule for Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS):

a) All Transactions (BDT & FC)

• 10:00 AM to 12:45 PM

b) International Fund Transfer and Return (BDT & FC)

• 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Yours faithfully,
(Md. Sharafat Ullah Khan)
Director (PSD-2)
Phone: 8430611

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