Mad rush at banks amid rising Covid-19 cases

A day before the nationwide strict lockdown for a week, people have rushed to the banks to withdraw cash.

Today is the last day for banking activities as all banks and financial institutions will remain closed during the one-week lockdown to be enforced from Wednesday across the country.

Ahead of the lockdown, people were seen gathering at the branches of different banks to withdraw their cash while the tellers at banks were seen struggling to serve the customers, our staff correspondent reports visiting different branches of the banks.

The cash withdrawal amount is several times higher than the deposit and payment of utility bills at the branches of different banks, some bank officials told The Business Insider Bangladesh on Tuesday.

visiting different offices, the reporter found long queues of customers’ in front of their respective branches and haphasard situation insides the bank offices.

The reporter also found ignorance of the health guidelines including social distancing rule while the customers were engaged in withdrawing their cash.

Besides, while talking to the Business Insider Bangladesh, some bank officials said the banking service will remain closed for eight days from tomorrow and thus there is a huge rush of customers today.

The bank officials were seen struggling to cope with the pressure of their clients by maintaining health guidelines.

There were long queues in front of all most all bank offices in Motijheel area since the morning and some clients told the reporter that they were waiting in the line for at least one and half an hour.

On the other hand, the similar rush was seen in front of the ATM booths of different banks across the capital and disinfecting spray was being given to the hands and feet of the clients before their entrance.