Government Employees to Begin Five-Day Holiday on Tuesday
Government employees will enjoy five consecutive days of holiday for Durga Puja and the weekly weekend. Banks, financial institutions, the stock market and courts will also remain closed during this period.
The holiday will begin on Tuesday (October 20) and continue until Saturday (October 24).
The Cabinet approved an additional public holiday for October 22 at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Secretariat on October 5.
According to the government holiday calendar, October 20 and 21 were already scheduled as holidays for Durga Puja. Offices were initially expected to reopen on October 22, before the regular weekend on October 23 and 24.
With October 22 now declared a public holiday, government employees will receive an uninterrupted five-day break from October 20 to 24.
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