The Advisory Council of the interim government has approved the list of public holidays for 2025.
Next year, there will be a total of 26 holidays, including both general holidays and those declared by executive orders. Of these, 9 days coincide with weekends (5 Fridays and 4 Saturdays).
This decision was made on Thursday during a meeting of the council chaired by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus at the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon.
Advisory Council holds meetingThe approved list includes 12 days of general holidays and 14 days of holidays declared by executive order. Compared to last year, there are 4 additional holidays.
Extended holidays for Eid and Puja
Next year, the government holidays for Eid-ul-Azha will last 6 days, while Eid-ul-Fitr holidays will be 5 days. Durga Puja holidays have been extended to 2 days.
Among these, one day for each Eid will be a general holiday, with the remaining days declared as executive holidays. For Durga Puja, Vijaya Dashami will be a general holiday, and the preceding day, Navami, will be a holiday by executive order.
Key points from the approved holiday list include:
- 12 general holidays for national days and significant religious festivals of various communities. This includes 5 holidays that coincide with weekends (3 Fridays and 2 Saturdays).
- 14 holidays declared by executive order for festivals such as Bengali New Year and other important religious events. Four of these holidays coincide with weekends (2 Fridays and 2 Saturdays).
- Government employees are entitled to a maximum of 3 optional holidays for religious festivals each year.
- Employees belonging to indigenous communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts or elsewhere will have 2 optional holidays to celebrate their main social festivals, including one Saturday.
- For 2025, a total of 12 general holidays and 14 holidays by executive order have been proposed.
In 2024, the total number of holidays (excluding 2 holidays that fell on weekends) was 22.
