DHAKA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi interim government has decided to declare an additional holiday through an executive order for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the month-long fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.
A meeting of the Advisory Council on Thursday with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus in the chair decided to declare April 3 as a holiday.
The decision was made with the largest Muslim festival expected to be celebrated in the country on or around March 31 based on the sighting of the new moon.
With the declaration of the additional holiday for April 3, the government employees in Bangladesh will now enjoy a continuous nine-day holiday from March 28.
