Sources: bdnews24 (Dhaka) and Bangladesh public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Syed Fahim Munaim, chief spokesman for the head of the interim government of Bangladesh, announced that, at a regular weekly meeting of the council of advisers, with Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the chair, it had decided to restore the date of August 15th as an annual government holiday and national day of mourning.This follows last month's High Court ruling that judged illegal the 2002 cancellation of this public holiday by the government of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia (our post of July 27).
At the same meeting, the council-of-advisers also approved timetable for government offices for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan (estimated to be from September 2nd to October 1st, 2008); government offices will run from 9 am to 3:30 pm from Sunday to Thursday with Johr prayer break from 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm. Fridays and Saturdays will remain as government weekly holidays.
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