BB’s server restored after 7hrs

Staff Reporter :
Though the Bangladesh Bank (BB) server had collapsed at around 1:00pm disrupting internet banking on Wednesday and later the server has been restored after around seven hours.
Confirming the resumption of the server, Muhammad Zakir Hasan, Executive Director (Maintenance) of Bangladesh Bank, said that the server is now working.
Earlier on the day, the server of Bangladesh Bank collapsed which led to the suspension of all local and international payments with the central bank.
However, Muhammad Zakir Hasan said that they received complaints that customers were not able to withdraw money using the ATM booths, but international payments were working fine.
The National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB) and payments to government experienced problems since 12 noon due to some technical error of the BB server.
The NPSB which was introduced to facilitate card based interbank electronic payments originating from handles — is also down as a result.
The NPSB transactions worth Tk400 crore take place per day. When the system is offline, these transactions are also halted.
The system allows card users to use ATM booths of other banks, apart from their own ones.
However, a senior BB official on condition of anonymity told this correspondent that that the internet connection was lost for unknown reasons which resulted in the IT system of the bank collapsing at around 1:00pm.