10-Day Holiday Begins for Educational Institutions; Government Employees to Get Five Consecutive Days Off

Educational institutions in Bangladesh are set to begin a 10-day holiday for Durga Puja, Vijaya Dashami, Prabarana Purnima and Lakshmi Puja. Today, Thursday, October 15, is the last working day before the break. School classes will remain suspended from October 18 through October 25.

Separate notices issued by educational institutions state that the holidays cover Durga Puja, Vijaya Dashami on October 21, and Prabarana Purnima and Lakshmi Puja on October 25. Classes and other academic activities will resume according to the regular schedule on October 26.

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College has announced that classes in its college section will remain suspended until October 29. Lessons for students in grades 11 and 12 will resume according to the regular timetable on November 1.

Meanwhile, government offices and courts will remain open on Saturday, October 17, to facilitate five consecutive days of leave for government employees during the Durga Puja period.

At a Cabinet meeting on October 5, a proposal to declare Thursday, October 22, a public holiday was approved. The official holiday schedule already includes October 20 and 21 for Durga Puja. With the additional holiday on October 22 and the weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24, government employees will have five consecutive days off from October 20 to 24.