Bangladesh
Eid Holiday Government employees to get 5-day Eid holiday
Dhaka, April 10: Office opening on 20th April (Thursday) before the start of Eid holiday after Holy Shaba al-Qadr holiday. Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain said that there will be a holiday on that day by executive order. As a result, government officials and employees are getting five or six consecutive days off this Eid.
The Cabinet Secretary gave this information to reporters at the briefing of the Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Monday (April 10). Earlier, the Cabinet meeting was held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In this, government officials and employees got one day off this Eid.
The cabinet secretary said, "Thursday, April 20, will be a public holiday. April 19 is Shab Qadr holiday, in that case, April 20 will be open for one day. The holiday has been declared so that people's travel is smooth and people's journey is pleasant."
He said, "Now if Eid falls on Sunday (April 23), there will be a holiday from Wednesday (April 19) to Monday (April 24). The holiday will start from Wednesday."
The cabinet secretary also said that after Eid, the office will continue as usual from 9 am to 4 pm.
This time, the government has made a list of holidays by fixing the date of Eid-ul-Fitr on April 22 (Saturday) for 29 days of Ramadan. In this case, there will be Eid holiday from 21st to 23rd April (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Prior to this, April 19 (Wednesday) is the holiday of Shabbat Qadr. However, the office is open on April 20 (Thursday) before the start of the Eid holiday. Now that April 20 has been announced as a holiday, government officials will get five consecutive days off from April 19 to 23. Among them, 21st and 22nd April falls on Friday and Saturday.
However, if the month of Ramadan is 30 days, then Eid-ul-Fitr will be on April 23 (Sunday). In that case, the holiday will increase by one day. April 24 (Monday) will also be a holiday. Since April 20 is a holiday, government employees can enjoy six consecutive days off from April 19 to 24.
