Dhaka, Oct. 19 -- All banks and financial institutions, as well as the country's twin stock exchanges-the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-will remain closed for five consecutive days due to the Sharadiya Durga Puja holidays.

According to a notification issued by Bangladesh Bank, the government holiday for Durga Puja spans three days from Tuesday (October 20) through Thursday (October 22). Following this, regular weekend holidays on Friday (October 23) and Saturday (October 24) will extend the shutdown to five straight days.

To compensate for the holiday cluster, commercial banks and financial institutions remained open last Saturday (October 17) as a regular working day, operating under standard busine...