Banks will operate from 9am to 4pm during the month of Ramadan.
Transaction will continue until 2:30pm, according to a Bangladesh Bank circular issued on Sunday (May 5).
It said bank officials would also get a prayer break between 1:15pm and 1:30pm.
After the Ramadan, the office and transactions time will return to the regular schedule, reads the statement.
Normally bank office hour is from 10am to 6pm.