No fines if credit card dues, loan installments are paid by Jul 31 as quota protests halt transactions

Customers will not be fined for delay if they pay credit card bills and bank loan installments by Jul 31 since the banks were closed because of violent anti-quota protests and subsequent restrictions.

There will be no extra charge for submitting installments for deposit schemes by this time, the Bangladesh Bank said on Wednesday.

The banks, along with other offices, reopened on Wednesday for limited hours as the government relaxed a curfew and broadband internet was restored in some areas after deadly student protests for nearly a week.