Govt fixes Ramadan office time from 9:00am to 3:30pm

The government has rearranged the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous, and semi-autonomous institutions.

The decision was taken on Wednesday at the weekly cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the Prime Minister’s Office.

“During Ramadan, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm was fixed as the office timing from Sunday to Thursday. And there’ll be a 15-minute break from 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm for Zohr prayers,” cabinet secretary Md Mahbub Hossain said while briefing reporters at the secretariat.

However, banks, insurance companies, financial institutions, post, railway, hospitals, state-run mills and factories, and other emergency service-providing organisations will fix their own office time considering their own laws and public interest.

Besides, the Supreme Court will fix the office timing for all courts that are under its authority. 

The holy month of Ramadan is expected to begin on March 12, subject to sighting the moon.