DHAKA, June 26, 2023: As the nation prepares for the festive celebrations of Eid-ul-Azha, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued stringent directives to all scheduled commercial banks, Mobile Financial Services (MFS) providers, and payment system operators. The central bank has mandated that all digital and physical banking channels—including Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Point of Sale (POS) […]

DHAKA: In a strategic move to ensure financial liquidity ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivities, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has officially re-fixed the duration and operational hours for interbank transactions for June 27 and June 28, 2023. Despite the government-declared public holidays for Eid-ul-Azha spanning these dates, regulatory instructions dictate that specific branches of scheduled banks […]

Vast throngs of robed Muslim pilgrims have begun moving in solemn circles around the Kaaba, the venerable black cube housed within Mecca’s Grand Mosque, as the annual Hajj pilgrimage gets underway amid the intense heat of the Saudi Arabian summer. Islam’s holiest site has welcomed millions of worshippers travelling from more than 160 countries across […]