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Banks under cash withdrawal pressure

Star Business Report
Commercial banks are witnessing a rush of customers withdrawing cash ahead of the upcoming Eid festivity.
Over the last two days, the banks in Dhaka have been packed with customers, especially for withdraw-als of remittance sent by Bangladeshi expatriates.
Expatriates send a large amount of money to their relatives before the Eid festival, said an official of a commercial bank in Motijheel.
Bangladeshi expatriates remitted $314.36 million from overseas in the second week of August, up from $87.98 million in the week earlier, according to data from Bangladesh Bank. Total inward remittances reached $1.20 billion in July, the data shows.
Banks officials found it difficult to tackle the rush of the customers, which further intensified as the banks opened after a gap of three days. It was a public holiday for Janmashtami on Thursday, followed by the weekend.
“I have been standing in queue for half an hour. It may take a few more minutes to complete my transaction,” said Muntaha, whose husband sent her money from Italy
through the electronic payment system at Islami Bank. She was withdrawing money from the bank's head office in Motijheel.
“The bank branch is borrowing money from other branches as the majority of customers are withdrawing large amounts of money ahead ofEid,” abankteller said.
The same rush was seen in almost all the bank branches in the Motijheel area.
Many customers stuck in traffic jams failed to withdraw money on the day as they could not reach the
branches within Ramadan banking hours until 3pm.
Many customers were turned away as they arrived even a bit late.
The inter bank call money rate reached 14-16 percent yesterday from 13-15 percent on Sunday.
“There are cash withdrawal pressures, but we are prepared to handle it,” said Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, managing director of Pubali Bank.
“Unlike Eid last year, the call money rates are still at tolerable levels this year,” Chowdhury said.