PSD Circular Letter No. 06: Change in BACH and RTGS Schedule during the month of Holy Ramadan, Hijri-1446 (2025)

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

Payment Systems Department (Division-2)

PSD Circular Letter No. - 06
Date: 13 Falgun 1431
26 February 2025

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

Dear Sir,

Regarding the determination of the transaction schedule for BACH and RTGS during the holy month of Ramadan, Hijri 1446 (2025 AD).

During the holy month of Ramadan, Hijri 1446 (2025 AD), operations for Bangladesh Automated Clearing House BACH (BACPS and BEFTN) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) will be conducted on working days other than weekly and government holidays, according to the schedule listed below.

1) Transactions of Bangladesh Automated Clearing House (BACH):

a) BACPS High Value Clearing - Presentment Cut off Time- 11:30 AM,

• Return Cut off Time- 1:30 PM
  Regular Value Clearing - Presentment Cut off Time- 12:00 PM,
• Return Cut off Time- 3:00 PM

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

2) Transactions of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS):

Description	BDT	FC
Customer Transaction (Pacs.008)	9:30 AM to 2:30 PM	9:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Customs Duty E-payment (Pacs.008 with TTC 41)	9:30 AM to 3:30 PM	-
Interbank Fund Transfer (Pacs.009) and Return (Pacs.004)	9:30 AM to 3:45 PM	9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

After the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan, the transaction schedules for BACH and RTGS will revert to the pre-Ramadan status.

Yours faithfully,

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

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