Eid holidays extended by a day

The government has decided to extend Eid-ul-Azha holidays of this year by a day with announcing June 27 a holiday through an executive order.

With the holiday of June 27, this year the government employees will enjoy five-day holidays for Eid-ul-Azha as pre-scheduled holidays are on June 28-30 and July 1 is a Saturday, a weekly holiday.

The decision was taken today in a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here.

Later, Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain briefed the decisions of cabinet meeting in a press conference at the Secretariat.

“We got many advantages as holiday for the last Eid-ul-Fitr was extended by a day. It has been possible to conduct the traffic management smoothly in the last Eid. In light with the previous experience, the premier extended the Eid holidays by a day,” he said. (BSS)