Offices, banks to resume today after Eid holidays

Bangla Press Desk:    After a seven-day closure for Eid-ul-Fitr, government offices, banks, and insurance institutions across the country will reopen today marking the return to full-scale administrative and economic activities.

Office hours will run from 9:00am to 5:00pm as usual.Following the extended holiday, a large number of government employees and working professionals have already begun returning to Dhaka from their hometowns.

Major transport hubs, including bus terminals, railway stations, and river ports, have witnessed passenger pressure as people rush back to the capital ahead of the reopening.Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim community, was celebrated across the country on 21 March with due religious solemnity and festive enthusiasm.

A seven-day Eid-ul-Fitr holiday was announced from 17 March to 23 March on the occasion.

Meanwhile, the newspaper industry also observed a five-day break for Eid. The holiday, declared by the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB), ran from 19 March to 23 March and will also end on Monday.

As the holiday period concludes, the country is set to return to its regular rhythm of administrative and financial activities.

Source: daily Sun

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