Dhaka, March 13 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has requested the Bangladesh Bank to extend the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) facility to 24/7 for it to facilitate port users' mandatory online payments of customs duties and charges.
It recently wrote to the central bank to take necessary steps in this regard.
A central banker concerned said, "We are working on it."
In its letter, CPA said Chattogram is the main seaport, which handles around 92 per cent of the country's total export-import trade.
It said the port functions round the clock but banks operate till 3:30pm every working day. That is why port users cannot complete all the necessary transactions within this period. As a result, they have to release their ships the ...
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