Govt sets new office timings for Ramadan

The government has set new office timings for the coming holy month of Ramadan for the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations.

A gazette notification in this regard was issued on Monday by the Ministry of Public Administration.

The office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan will commence from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, said the notification.

It said that there will be a 15-minute break from 1:15 pm to 1:30 pm for Zohr prayers while weekly holidays will be on Friday and Saturday.

At present, the regular office timing for government employees is from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  

The notice also mentioned that 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.

However, the Bangladesh Supreme Court (SC) 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 likely to begin on March 1, subject to sighting of the moon.