Staff Correspondent
Published:08 Oct 2024, 05:06 PM
Puja holidays increased
The chief advisor said to extend the period of worship by one day. Special Assistant to Muhammad Yunus Mahfuz Alam.
He gave this information while visiting Dhakeshwari temple on Tuesday (October 8).
He said, the puja holiday will be extended by one day. Thursday will also be a holiday for worship. Notification in this regard will be given today.
Meanwhile, Mahfuz Alam also said that domestic and foreign conspiracies are going on in the country, the government is working to prevent it. The government is trying to catch the culprits. No conspirator will be spared. A message to those trying to destabilize the country, the current interim government is with everyone.
According to the official holiday calendar, next Sunday (October 13) is a holiday for Puja. And October 11 and 12 Friday and Saturday are weekends. If Thursday is added to this list, government employees will get a total of four days off on Durga Puja.
Meanwhile, schools and colleges will be closed for 9 days on the occasion of Durga Puja, Fateha e Yazdaham, Lakshmi Puja and Prabarana Purnima. However, the holiday will be extended to 11 days including the weekend.
According to the annual calendar of the Ministry of Education, the autumn Durga Puja holiday will start from next Wednesday (October 9) and will continue till Thursday (October 17).
However, since the next two days are Friday and Saturday, the educational institution will open next Sunday (October 20). Among them, Vijaya Dasami holiday will be on October 13, Fateha e Yazdaham holiday on October 15, Lakshmi Puja and Prabarana Purnima holiday on October 16.