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OFFICE-RAJSHAHI (with picture)
Offices reopen after Eid vacation in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, June 18, 2017 (BSS)- After ending the three-day long Eid
holiday including a two-day weekend, all the government, semi-government and
private offices, including banks and financial institutions, reopened with
low attendance of staff in the divisional city of Rajshahi today.
Attendance at the City Bhaban, divisional commissioner and deputy
commissioner offices, Rail Bhaban, water development board, sericulture
building, RAKUB Headquarters, RDA Bhaban, Barendra Bhaban, RMP Headquarters
and Roads and Highway building was also thin as more than half of the
officers and employees did not return.
Officials said this situation would continue for the next couple of
days.
The offices and courts will get their old look back on Sunday after the
next two-day weekend.
However, some people were seen rushing to their respective offices to
dispose off their pending urgent works on the opening day today.
Meanwhile, festive mood is prevailing at most of the offices. Officials
and staffs were seen exchanging Eid greetings and embracing and hugging each
other.
The people went to their villages to celebrate the Eid with their
relatives have started to return to their working places.
City streets still remain deserted, free from the usual chaotic snarl-
up.
Many people especially the teenagers are still celebrating the Eid
festival in the city.
They were seen visiting the amusement spots especially the bank of the
river Padma with joy and enthusiasm making the spots overcrowded.
Braving the scorching heat and sultry weather thousands of people,
especially children, poured in and around the city’s parks, historic places
and other recreation centres to enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation.
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