The government has set new office timings for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan for the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations. The Ministry of Public Administration on Monday (Feb 24) issued a gazette notification in this regard.
According to the notification, the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan will commence from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be a 15-minute break from 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for Zohr prayers while weekly holidays will be on Friday and Saturday.
Currently, the regular office timing for government employees is from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Besides, banks, insurance, other financial institutions, postal services, railways, hospitals, state-owned industrial institutions, factories and other emergency service-providers will fix their respective office hours as per their own laws or rules, considering public interest, it mentioned.
However, the Bangladesh Supreme Court will fix the office timing for all courts across the country, the notification added.
The holy month of Ramadan of Hizri 1446 (2025 year) of the Arabic Calendar is expected to begin on Mar 1, subject to sighting of the moon.
