Dhaka, June 16 -- In a bid to regain public trust, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC on Monday announced a special financial assistance program for depositors who incurred heavy losses by prematurely closing their savings and term-deposit accounts during the recent banking crisis.

According to a circular issued by the bank management, the special facility will apply to clients who closed or cashed out their various deposit schemes-including MTDR, MSB, MMPDS, and MSSA accounts-prematurely between June 1 and June 15.

The bank announced that affected customers will be given a window of the next seven working days to reopen their closed accounts.

If reopened within this timeframe, the bank management will waive all associated fees and administrat...