Dhaka, March 18 -- Automated banking transactions surge amid festival splurges with ATMs (automated teller machines), internet banking and MFS (mobile financial service) feeling pressures of Eid rush.

Barely a couple of days are to go before Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, to be celebrated in festive and solemn manner across Bangladesh.

To tackle the pressure of cash transactions, the commercial banks being instructed by the central bank take necessary preparations to keep sufficient money in their ATM booths to smooth financial transactions during the days of Eid vacation.

Sources at Bangladesh Bank (BB), the country's central bank, have said the use of the ATMs, internet banking and MFS gets enhanced by more than ...