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DHAKA, May 17, 2025 (BSS) - Government offices, courts and educational institutions are open today due to an extended 10-day government holiday for this year's Eid-ul-Azha.

Offices will also remain open on May 24 to compensate for additional holiday granted around the festival.

Eid-ul-Azha in Bangladesh is expected to be observed on Jun 7, depending on the sighting of the moon. 

Previously, the government had declared a 6-day holiday from Jun 5 to 10. But, according to the revised schedule, the official Eid-ul-Azha holiday will be from 5 to 14 June as the government declared public holidays on June 11 and 12 ahead of regular weekly holidays on June 13 and 14. 

All government and semi-government offices, autonomous bodies will operate on the selected Saturdays before Eid-ul-Azha to accommodate this extended break.

Banks, private companies, and educational institutions are also following this adjusted schedule and remained open. 

To allow for the extended holiday, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification adjusting the calendar by adding two holidays in June for Eid, and compensating with two extra working days in May (May 17 and May 24- both Saturdays).
 
To facilitate the 10-day break for government employees, the Advisory Council adjusted the holiday schedule under the 'Allocation of Business' rules.

Essential services, including hospitals, electricity, water, gas, other energy supplies, Fire Service, port operations, sanitation, telecommunication, internet, postal services, and associated vehicles and personnel, will not come under the revised Eid holiday.