Transactions of two banks closed for five days

Transactions of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd and National Bank Ltd will be closed for five days to update the core banking software.According to Bangladesh Bank Ltd, transactions have been closed from December 31. 

The central bank sources said, National Bank transactions will be closed from December 31 to January 4 to update the core banking software.

Earlier, Bangladesh Bank had announced that Dutch-Bangla Bank transactions will be closed for five days. The bank’s activities will be temporarily closed from January 1 to 5 to ensure smooth migration to the new core banking software of Dutch-Bangla Bank. Agent banking services of Dutch-Bangla Bank will be temporarily closed from December 30 to January 5. 

During this period, the bank’s customers will not receive any services from the bank’s branches and ATM booths. However, credit card and mobile banking service Rocket transactions will continue during this period.