Thailand Public Holiday April 9

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand’s Cabinet has declared Monday, April 9, 2012, as an additional one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, on account of that day's royal cremation of Her Royal Highness Princess Bejraratana Rajasuda at Sanam Luang. [full story]

Oman 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced the dates of the upcoming non-working public holidays for the Prophet's Birthday for both the private sector and the public sector of Oman. [full story]

UAE 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Announced

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the UAE's Ministry of Labour, Saqr Ghobash, announced that Saturday, February 4, 2012, had been declared a non-working public holiday for the private sector of the UAE on account of the upcoming Milad Al Nabi (Prophet's Birthday). [full story]

Nepalese 2012-2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year 2069 (April 2012-April 2013). [full story]

Egyptian Bank Holiday February 5

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Central Bank has announced that all Egyptian banks would be closed on Sunday, February 5, 2012, which has been declared a bank holiday in Egypt on account of the upcoming Prophet's Birthday public holiday. [full story]

Australian 2014 Public Holidays In Victoria

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Jordan 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Jordan has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Jordan for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

South African 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: South African Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South African Government Communication and Information System has announced the dates of the public holidays in South Africa for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Lebanon Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lebanon has confirmed that the date of the upcoming Prophet's Birthday public holiday in Lebanon would be Saturday, February 4, 2012. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holidays Amendments Lapse

Sources: Portal del Senado de la República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has let lapse (expire) last spring's bill to remove the January 6 and January 26 annual non-working public holidays from the scope of the law 139-97 which regulates non-working public holidays in the Dominican Republic. [full story]

Bangladesh Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday February 5

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The vice president of Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Secretary, Kazi Habibul Awal, has announced that the moon of the month of Rabiul Awal Hijri 1433 had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky yesterday and that the Eid-e-Miladunnabi (birthday of the Prophet Mohammad), would be observed on Sunday, February 5, 2012. [full story]

Ghana 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ghana Government Portal (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's government has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Ghana for the upcoming year 2012. [full story]

Indian Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: Siasat (Hyderabad) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Central Moon sighting committee of Sadar Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan has announced that Wednesday, January 25, 2012, would be the 1st day of the month of Rabiul-Awal 1433 A.H. in India. [full story]

Pakistan Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Moved

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the head of Pakistan's Ruyat-e-Hilal (moon sighting) committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, has announced that the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal would begin on January 25, meaning that, contrary to previous announcements, the upcoming birthday of the Prophet would be on Sunday, February 5, 2012. [full story]

Morocco 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). Morocco's Ministry of Religious Affairs (ministère des Habous et des Affaires islamiques) has announced that the upcoming Aid Almawlid annabawi (Prophet Mohamed's birthday) holiday would begin on Sunday, February 5, 2012, in Morocco. [full story]

Indian Public Holiday January 30 In Punjab

Sources: Government of Punjab (Chandigarh) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Indian State of Punjab has announced that Monday, January 30, 2012, would be a one-off state public holiday on account of the upcoming elections to the 117-member state Assembly. [full story]

Dominican Republic January 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has issued an official communiqué confirming that the upcoming "Día de Duarte" public holiday will be moved from its traditional date of January 26 to Monday, January 30, 2012. [full story]

Estonian Bill To Add 2nd Christmas Public Holiday

Sources: Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) and Estonian bank holidays and public holidays. (qppstudio.net). On January 31, Estonia's Parliamentary Constitutional Committee will be examining a proposal to add Russian Orthodox Christmas as a new annual non-working public holiday in Estonia. [full story]

Indian Manipur Public Holiday January 28

Sources: Government of Manipur (Imphal) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Indian State of Manipur, through a statement released by its Under Secretary, GAD S Lokendra, has announced that Saturday, January 28, 2012, would be a one-off state public holiday on account of the upcoming election to the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly. [full story]

Cyprus 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cyprus has released its official list of non-working public holidays in Cyprus for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Gabon ACN Public Holidays Next Week

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Gabon has announced 4 days of public holidays (journées déclarées chômées, payées et récupérables), next week, to allow the people of Gabon to support the Panthères national team in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations football championship. [full story]

Bermuda Could Move Labour Day Public Holiday

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bermuda's Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors, has announced that his ministry would be formally considering changing the date on which Bermuda officially celebrates the annual Labour Day non-working public holiday from its current September observance to May 1st. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday January 24

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Tuesday, January 24, 2012, had been declared a non-working public holiday nationwide on account of the upcoming Sonam Lhosar. [full story]

Taiwan CNY Bank Holidays Confirmation

Sources: 中央銀行全球資訊網 (Taipei) and Taiwanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's financial authorities have confirmed that they would follow last summer's announcement by the government of Taiwan of the shifting of the Saturday, February 4, 2012, non-working weekly holiday to Friday, January 27, 2012. [full story]

Botswana 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Botswana Press Agency (Gaborone) and Botswana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Botswana has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Botswana for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Timor Leste CNY Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced that it decided to grant a day-off public holiday on Monday, January 23, 2012, all day, to all employees and agents of the ministries or departments depending on them, as well as institutes and organizations included in indirect State administration. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday February 4

Sources: الهيئة العامة للأستعلامات (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chairman of the Egyptian National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Hatem Oud, has announced that the date of the upcoming birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammed, and thus of the related non-working public holiday, would be on Saturday, February 4, 2012. [full story]

Western Australia 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce (Perth) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Western Australia has released the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

India 2012 Tamil Nadu Public Holidays Revised

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Tamil Nadu has announced a revision of its previously-released list of the days which will be non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2012 in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [full story]

Iraq Public Holidays January 21-22

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Iraq's Najaf provincial council has announced that it had declared Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22, 2012, as regional public holidays on account of the upcoming anniversary of the death of Prophet Mohammad. [full story]

Kuwait Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Moved

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Thursday, February 2, 2012, as a the non-working public holiday for the upcoming Prophet's Birthday annual public holiday, in replacement of Saturday, February 4, 2012, which falls during the Kuwaiti weekend in 2012. [full story]

Venezuela Public Holiday January 20

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of San Cristóbal in Venezuela has announced that Friday, January 20, 2012, had been declared a regional non-working public holiday (día de júbilo no laborable para todos los entides públicos y privados) on account of the upcoming celebration of the feast of San Sebastián. [full story]

Bolivian Bank Holiday January 23

Sources: Asociación de Bancos Privados de Bolivia (ASOBAN) and Bolivia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The associations of private banks in Bolivia (ASOBAN) has announced that it would follow the Bolivian government's recent declaration of a public holiday on Monday, January 23, 2012, by also declaring Monday, January 23, 2012, as a bank holiday throughout Bolivia. [full story]

Madagascar 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement, at the insistence of the Minister of communications, has issued the "Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2012", which officially declares the list of public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Thailand 2012 CNY Bank Holiday Announced

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Thailand has announced that Monday, January 23, 2012, would also be a bank holiday in Thailand's southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Satun and Yala. [full story]

Qatar Sports Public Holiday Clarification

Sources: Gulf Times (Doha) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The second Tuesday of February every year has been confirmed as the new Qatari National Sports Day public holiday by the Gulf Times which had published reports to the contrary in its edition of yesterday. [full story]

Portugal Public Holidays Cancellation Update

Sources: Agência Efe (Lisboa) and Portugal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Portuguese government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has secured an agreement from unions and employers on its planned cancellation of 4 annual non-working Portuguese public holidays. [full story]

Pakistan Call For January 10 Public Holiday

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Legislative Assembly of Pakistan's Province of Sindh, has approved a resolution calling upon the provincial government to declare January 10 as an annual non-working public holiday on the anniversary of the death of Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara. [full story]

Laos 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Ventiane Times (Ventiane) and Laos bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Laos has released the official list of 2012 non-working public holidays in Laos. [full story]

Mauritania 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء (Nouakchott) and Mauritanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Mauritania has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Mauritania for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Vanuatu 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: ANZ Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Gambian Public Holiday January 19

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has declared Thursday, January 19, 2012, as another non-working public holiday throughout Gambia "in observance of his inaugural ceremony as the President of the Republic of the Gambia". [full story]

Qatar Sports Public Holiday Confusion

Sources: Gulf Times (Doha) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Confusing reports have appeared in the Middle East press that the upcoming National Sports Day public holiday declared last month would in fact be be observed on Saturday, February 18, 2012, rather than Tuesday, February 14, 2012. [full story]

Turkey Tones-Down Public Holidays

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Turkey has announced that it plans to review and tone-down the extent of the celebrations linked to most of Turkey's national public holidays. [full story]

Saint Helena Year-End Regional Public Holidays

Sources: Tristan Times (Tristan da Cunha) and Saint Helena bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has announced a period of non-working public sector holidays from December 21, 2011, to January 16, 2012. [full story]

Pakistan 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Pakistan's Ministry of Interior, in consultation with Karachi's Meteorological Department, as usual, has issued the expected dates for public and optional holidays for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Bangladesh January 19 Public Holiday in Narsingdi

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bangladesh has declared a one-off regional non-working public holiday in the Narsingdi Pourasava areas on account of the upcoming mayoral and councillors' elections on Thursday, January 19, 2012. [full story]

Ethiopia 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Ethiopia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the expected dates of the non-working public holidays in Ethiopia for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Peru 2012 Public Holidays Clarified

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following last month's executive order (Decreto Supremo No. 099-2011-PCM) declaring 8 additional public sector holidays in Peru for the calendar year 2012, the government of Peru has issued a clarification as to the significance of the February 13-14, 2010, public holidays in Peru. [full story]

Niger 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail du Niger (Niamey) and Niger bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Niger for the calendar year 2012. [full story]