Primary schools schedule for Ramadan published

The government primary schools across the country will remain open for the first 10 days of the month of Ramadan. Primary education directorate has set new timing for the schools during the Ramadan. Classes will start at 9:00am and continue till 3:00pm in the primary schools.

A notification signed by the directorate’s Director General (DG) Shah Rezwan Hayat confirmed the timing.

There would be a break for half an hour from 1:00pm to 1:30pm.

At the beginning of the year, the list of annual holidays was published with 30 days of holidays for primary, secondary schools and colleges during Ramadan. The  education ministry later changed the decision on 8 February and informed that the secondary schools will remain open for the first 15 days of Ramadan. Primary and mass education ministry also took the same decision. However, the authorities decided that the primary schools would remain open for the first 10 days of Ramadan.

Madrasas will also remain open for the first half of the holy month of Ramadan. Madrasa education directorate published its annual holiday list on 11 February. Initially madrasas were supposed to remain shut for the whole month of Ramadan starting from 7 March, but the new decision confirmed that madrasas will remain open till 21 March.

Also, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed office hours for all scheduled banks in the country during the month of Ramadan. People will be allowed to make banking transactions from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

The offices of government, semi government, autonomous and semi-autonomous orgaisations will operate from 9:00am to 3:30pm during Ramadan.