General holiday may be extended

A ten-day holiday till 4 April, for government and private organisations, had been declared due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The holiday may be extended by a few days, taking the prevailing situation into consideration, a cabinet division official said.

A decision to this end may be taken on Tuesday.

State minister for public administration Farhad Hossain said, “The holidays may be extended subject to the situation.”

Sources said the holiday may be extended by seven days. Further decision will be taken as deemed necessary.

Earlier, on 23 March the government declared general holiday from 26 March to 4 Apirl. The ten-day holiday includes weekly and public holidays.

The first coronavirus patient in Bangladesh was detected on 8 March. So far 49 coronavirus patients have been detected in Bangladesh and five have died.