DHAKA, SEPT 30:  Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman advised banks to open daycare centres so that their female employees can work without worrying about proper care of their children.

Inaugurating the expanded daycare centre at the central bank on Sunday, the governor said currently hundreds of women are working in the banking sector, but most of the banks do not have daycare centres though they have the capacity of establishing and running those.

  Dr Rahman said many women gave up their jobs only because they could not find any place like a daycare centre for looking after their children during duty hours. 

The central bank opened a daycare centre in 2006 with a capacity of taking care of 34 children. The expansion would accommodate an additional 30 children as well as offer more comfort and entertainment with new games, bigger television, and attractive wall-paintings besides various educational tools,

especially designed for children.