Source: UCAN. Christians in eastern Nepal rallied on Easter Sunday to urge the government, and the soon to be elected constituent assembly (polls on June 20), to designate Easter Sunday as a public holiday (Sundays are normal working days in Nepal, where Saturday is the weekly day off).Analysis: Christians who number about 1 million out of Nepal's 28 million inhabitants, already have Christmas Day as a holiday (for civil servants, at least). As the list of Nepal public holidays for B.S. 2064 (apx. March 2007-March 2008) was recently updated, and Easter 2007 has just occurred,it is unlikely that anything will become effective until early 2008.
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