Daily bank hours from 9am-4pm

Banks across the country will remain open from 9am to 4pm daily in a bid to save the electricity.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday. The Prime Minister attended the meeting virtually from Ganobhaban.

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam announced the decision during a press briefing after the meeting at the Secretariat.

He also said office time at government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions has been fixed from 8 am to 3 pm from in a bid to save the electricity.

The government has also declared two-day weekly holiday for the country’s all educational institutions.