Govt employees set to enjoy 4-day holiday

Government employees are set to enjoy a 4-day holiday with the extension of Durga Puja holiday by a day. The government has declared Thursday as a holiday to ensure smooth and joyous celebration of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Hindu community. A notification regarding this will be issued soon, said

In Dhaka, govt employees join duty at 8am

Employees of all government and autonomous offices in the capital reported for duty at 8am Wednesday as per the new timings. The government has changed the timings of all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices -- from 9am-5pm to 8am-3pm daily -- to ration electricity in view of the energy crisis