Published on 04:20 PM, June 22, 2016

Civil servants to get 9-day Eid holiday

The government declares a long nine-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, starting from July 1. In this Star file photo, people stand in queues in front of ticket counter at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka.

Good news for civil servants! The government today declared a long nine-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, starting from July.

The holidays will start from July 1 and will continue until July 9. The working day of July 4 has been made a holiday and instead July 16, a Saturday, will be a working day.