Five-day Eid vacation begins Wednesday

A five-day vacation on the occasion of holy Eid-ul Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, will begin from Thursday as Eid is likely to be celebrated on April 22 or 23 based on the sighting of the Moon.

The government has already prepared a public holiday list by fixing April 22 as the holy Eid-ul Fitr where the holy month of Ramadan is likely to be ended by 29 days.

The government employees will get a five day long Eid vacation starting from April 19 to April 23 as the government has declared April 20 as a public holiday.

But the public holiday is likely to be extended one more day on April 24 if the Ramadan ends in 30 days.  Consequently, the government employees will enjoy a six days Eid vacation till April 24.

Meanwhile, after the public holiday due to holy Shab-e Qadr on April 19, the government has declared April 20 as the general holiday which was announced by the Ministry of Public Administration through a gazette notification issued on April 10.

After the Eid-ul Fitr, the office time of all the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations will begin from 9am and continue up to 4pm, said the official handout.