Worldwide Public Holidays News and Updates

April 15, 2024

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• Jordan
• Jordan
• Jordan Moves 2024 Labor Day Public Holiday
  Source: Jordan News Agency Petra (Amman). Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, has issued an official statement announcing that the public holiday for the upcoming International Labor Day would be observed by all ministries, official departments, public institutions, universities, municipalities, joint service councils, the Greater Amman Municipality, and government-owned companies, on Thursday, May 2, rather than Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Some annual fixed-date Jordanian public holidays are often moved to adjoin a weekend, when they occur in mid-week.    
• Jordan Moves 2024 Labor Day Public Holiday
  Source: Jordan News Agency Petra (Amman). Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, has issued an official statement announcing that the public holiday for the upcoming International Labor Day would be observed by all ministries, official departments, public institutions, universities, municipalities, joint service councils, the Greater Amman Municipality, and government-owned companies, on Thursday, May 2, rather than Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Some annual fixed-date Jordanian public holidays are often moved to adjoin a weekend, when they occur in mid-week.    

April 14, 2024

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• New Zealand
• New Zealand
• New Zealand 2025 Public Holidays Announced
  Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released the list of non-working public holidays in New Zealand for the calendar year 2025. The previous list of New Zealand 2023-2024 public holidays had been released almost 3 years ago, but it was amended in 2022, following the passage of the Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill which established a new annual public holiday in New Zealand for the Matariki Maori New Year.    
• New Zealand 2025 Public Holidays Announced
  Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released the list of non-working public holidays in New Zealand for the calendar year 2025. The previous list of New Zealand 2023-2024 public holidays had been released almost 3 years ago, but it was amended in 2022, following the passage of the Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill which established a new annual public holiday in New Zealand for the Matariki Maori New Year.    

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• UAE (United Arab Emirates)
• UAE (United Arab Emirates)
• UAE Media Claim Declaration of June 16-19 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays
  Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). Over the weekend, many UAE online sites have carried a story claiming that "The UAE Cabinet has already approved a four-day public holiday from June 16 to June 19 to mark Arafa Day and Eid Al Adha, collectively known as the Feast of Sacrifice", which differs from our forecast that the upcoming Arafat Day would occur on Saturday, June 15, and Eid Al Adha from June 16-18, 2024. Currently, the only official announcement is that of last January announcing a 1-day public holiday on Arafah Day (Dhul Hijjah 9, 1445 H) and 3-day public holidays for Eid Al Adha (Dhul Hijjah 10-12, 1445 H). These media reports all quote the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Astronomical Society, Ibrahim Al Jarwan, stating "that astronomical calculations indicate that Eid Al Adha will likely fall on June 17 preceded by Arafa Day on June 16". This is correct astronomically, as the new Moon will be less than 4 hours at the time of moonset on June 6, making its sighting almost impossible. However, until now, the UAE has always followed Saudi Arabia's declaration of the beginning of the Hijri months and while the beginning of each Muslim month in Saudi Arabia is supposed to be based on human sightings, in practice these sightings follow the calculated Umm al-Qura Islamic calendar, which only require the new Moon to be 5 minutes old at the time of moonset on the 29th day of the month.    
• UAE Media Claim Declaration of June 16-19 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays
  Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). Over the weekend, many UAE online sites have carried a story claiming that "The UAE Cabinet has already approved a four-day public holiday from June 16 to June 19 to mark Arafa Day and Eid Al Adha, collectively known as the Feast of Sacrifice", which differs from our forecast that the upcoming Arafat Day would occur on Saturday, June 15, and Eid Al Adha from June 16-18, 2024. Currently, the only official announcement is that of last January announcing a 1-day public holiday on Arafah Day (Dhul Hijjah 9, 1445 H) and 3-day public holidays for Eid Al Adha (Dhul Hijjah 10-12, 1445 H). These media reports all quote the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Astronomical Society, Ibrahim Al Jarwan, stating "that astronomical calculations indicate that Eid Al Adha will likely fall on June 17 preceded by Arafa Day on June 16". This is correct astronomically, as the new Moon will be less than 4 hours at the time of moonset on June 6, making its sighting almost impossible. However, until now, the UAE has always followed Saudi Arabia's declaration of the beginning of the Hijri months and while the beginning of each Muslim month in Saudi Arabia is supposed to be based on human sightings, in practice these sightings follow the calculated Umm al-Qura Islamic calendar, which only require the new Moon to be 5 minutes old at the time of moonset on the 29th day of the month.    

April 13, 2024

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• Dominican Republic
• Dominican Republic
• Dominican Republic's Democratic Option Proposes Friday-Saturday-Sunday Public Holidays
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo República Dominicana (Santo Domingo). The Dominican Republic's Democratic Option (OD) party has submitted to the Central Electoral Board its government plan for the years 2024-2028. This plan proposes to progressively reduce the working week in the Dominican Republi until it reaches 32 hours. As per the submitted plan, it is the OD's intention to "establish a policy to progressively reduce the working day to four days in a staggered manner by sectors, with a maximum of 32 hours per week, from Monday to Thursday and convert Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays into holidays".    
• Dominican Republic's Democratic Option Proposes Friday-Saturday-Sunday Public Holidays
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo República Dominicana (Santo Domingo). The Dominican Republic's Democratic Option (OD) party has submitted to the Central Electoral Board its government plan for the years 2024-2028. This plan proposes to progressively reduce the working week in the Dominican Republi until it reaches 32 hours. As per the submitted plan, it is the OD's intention to "establish a policy to progressively reduce the working day to four days in a staggered manner by sectors, with a maximum of 32 hours per week, from Monday to Thursday and convert Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays into holidays".    

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• Nepal
• Nepal
• Madhes Province Declares April 14 Judsheetal Public Holiday
  Source: The Government of Madhes Province (Godar). The Government of Nepal's Madhes Province has declared a public holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024, to mark the Judsheetal festival, being observed in Tarai-Madhes and the Mithila region. Recall that in early March 2023, the Nepalese federal government cabinet decided that provincial governments could add up to six public holidays a year to the national list of Nepalese public holidays released by the federal government, with the Federal Ministry of Home Affairs deciding the regional public holidays to be observed in the Kathmandu valley.    
• Madhes Province Declares April 14 Judsheetal Public Holiday
  Source: The Government of Madhes Province (Godar). The Government of Nepal's Madhes Province has declared a public holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024, to mark the Judsheetal festival, being observed in Tarai-Madhes and the Mithila region. Recall that in early March 2023, the Nepalese federal government cabinet decided that provincial governments could add up to six public holidays a year to the national list of Nepalese public holidays released by the federal government, with the Federal Ministry of Home Affairs deciding the regional public holidays to be observed in the Kathmandu valley.    

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• Taiwan
• Taiwan
• Taiwan Unlikely To Extend May 1st Public Holiday In Time For 2024
  Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). Taiwanese Government departments are discussing the possibility of extending the scope of the May 1st public holiday, and also consulting representatives of various social groups for their feedback, but officials have expressed doubts as to whether Taiwan will declare May 1st, 2024, as a national public holiday. Currently, May 1st is observed as the Labor Day public holiday, but only by the private sector. Early last month, Taiwanese Premier, Chen Chien-jen, had announced that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, but that some compensatory adjustment would be needed and the proposal has received support from the All-China Federation of Teachers Unions and legislators from both the ruling and opposition parties, although Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    
• Taiwan Unlikely To Extend May 1st Public Holiday In Time For 2024
  Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). Taiwanese Government departments are discussing the possibility of extending the scope of the May 1st public holiday, and also consulting representatives of various social groups for their feedback, but officials have expressed doubts as to whether Taiwan will declare May 1st, 2024, as a national public holiday. Currently, May 1st is observed as the Labor Day public holiday, but only by the private sector. Early last month, Taiwanese Premier, Chen Chien-jen, had announced that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, but that some compensatory adjustment would be needed and the proposal has received support from the All-China Federation of Teachers Unions and legislators from both the ruling and opposition parties, although Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    

April 12, 2024

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• Bolivia
• Bolivia
• Bolivia Confirms Rules For Day In Lieu Public Holidays
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security has re-iterated that, according the the Ley General del Trabajo (Labour Code of Bolivia), if a public holiday falls on a Sunday, then it is extended to the following Monday. But, the Ministry emphasized that, because Saturdays are considered working days, public holidays falling on a Saturday are maintained and are not extended.    
• Bolivia Confirms Rules For Day In Lieu Public Holidays
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security has re-iterated that, according the the Ley General del Trabajo (Labour Code of Bolivia), if a public holiday falls on a Sunday, then it is extended to the following Monday. But, the Ministry emphasized that, because Saturdays are considered working days, public holidays falling on a Saturday are maintained and are not extended.    

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• Chandigarh (CH)
• Chandigarh (CH)
• Chandigarh Extends Scope Of April 14 Ambedkar Jayanti Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Chandigarh (Chandigarh). The Government of India's Union Territory of Chandigarh has extended the scope of the public holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024, marking the anniversary of the birth of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. As per today's Home Department Notification No. 6/1/1-1H(I)-2024/4846, signed by the Home Secretary, Nitin Kumar Yadav, "In partial modification of this Administration's Notification No. 6/1/1-IH(I)-2023/17123-17130, dated 15.12.2023 regarding declaring of Public Holidays in the Union Territory of Chandigarh during the calendar year 2024, the 14th April, 2024 (Sunday) will now be observed as Public Holiday in all the Government Offices/ Boards/ Corporations/ Institutions including Industrial Establishments under the Chandigarh Administration on account of birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar".    
• Chandigarh Extends Scope Of April 14 Ambedkar Jayanti Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Chandigarh (Chandigarh). The Government of India's Union Territory of Chandigarh has extended the scope of the public holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024, marking the anniversary of the birth of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. As per today's Home Department Notification No. 6/1/1-1H(I)-2024/4846, signed by the Home Secretary, Nitin Kumar Yadav, "In partial modification of this Administration's Notification No. 6/1/1-IH(I)-2023/17123-17130, dated 15.12.2023 regarding declaring of Public Holidays in the Union Territory of Chandigarh during the calendar year 2024, the 14th April, 2024 (Sunday) will now be observed as Public Holiday in all the Government Offices/ Boards/ Corporations/ Institutions including Industrial Establishments under the Chandigarh Administration on account of birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar".    

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• Honduras
• Honduras
• Honduras' Cohep Clarifies Status Of April 14 Public Holiday
  Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Legal Advisory officer of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), Alejandra Banegas, has clarified the consequences of the upcoming Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) public holiday falling on a Sunday. As per Officer Banegas'statement, "The national holiday of April 14, already established, falls on a Sunday and this is very particular, since the law instructs us that the holidays will be taken on the corresponding day", meaning that "for companies that work from Monday to Friday this holiday is lost". In the case of shops, restaurants and tourism venues that open on Sundays, then "the law stipulates double payment for the day being worked".    
• Honduras' Cohep Clarifies Status Of April 14 Public Holiday
  Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Legal Advisory officer of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep), Alejandra Banegas, has clarified the consequences of the upcoming Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) public holiday falling on a Sunday. As per Officer Banegas'statement, "The national holiday of April 14, already established, falls on a Sunday and this is very particular, since the law instructs us that the holidays will be taken on the corresponding day", meaning that "for companies that work from Monday to Friday this holiday is lost". In the case of shops, restaurants and tourism venues that open on Sundays, then "the law stipulates double payment for the day being worked".    

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• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan Publishes May 2024 Public Holidays Extension Draft
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published the draft decree On the postponement of the day of rest in 2024 (О переносе дня отдыха в 2024 году) which proposes to declare Wednesday, May 8, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to bridge the gap between the May 7 Homeland Defender Day and the May 9 Victory Day public holidays. As compensation, Saturday, May 4, 2024, would be declared a regular working day (Перенести день отдыха с субботы 4 мая 2024 года на среду 8 мая 2024 года). The aforementioned draft has been posted on the eGov website of the Government of Kazakhstan (Открытые НПА), for comments until April 25. Many initial comments are unfavorable; some due to the last-minute nature of the announcement, but many because Sunday, May 5, 2024, is Orthodox Easter Sunday. so, the bridge public holiday will probably be confirmed, but the compensatory working Saturday might be moved to another date, such as May 11. Usually, the Government of Kazakhstan announces the list of one-off bridge public holidays and compensatory working Saturdays in December for the following year, but no such announcement was made in December 2023, leading the media to keep pressing the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population who, earlier this month, stated that no decision had been made as to the possible transfer of one or more May 2024 workdays to a nearby Saturday.    
• Kazakhstan Publishes May 2024 Public Holidays Extension Draft
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published the draft decree On the postponement of the day of rest in 2024 (О переносе дня отдыха в 2024 году) which proposes to declare Wednesday, May 8, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to bridge the gap between the May 7 Homeland Defender Day and the May 9 Victory Day public holidays. As compensation, Saturday, May 4, 2024, would be declared a regular working day (Перенести день отдыха с субботы 4 мая 2024 года на среду 8 мая 2024 года). The aforementioned draft has been posted on the eGov website of the Government of Kazakhstan (Открытые НПА), for comments until April 25. Many initial comments are unfavorable; some due to the last-minute nature of the announcement, but many because Sunday, May 5, 2024, is Orthodox Easter Sunday. so, the bridge public holiday will probably be confirmed, but the compensatory working Saturday might be moved to another date, such as May 11. Usually, the Government of Kazakhstan announces the list of one-off bridge public holidays and compensatory working Saturdays in December for the following year, but no such announcement was made in December 2023, leading the media to keep pressing the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population who, earlier this month, stated that no decision had been made as to the possible transfer of one or more May 2024 workdays to a nearby Saturday.    

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• Monaco
• Monaco
• Monaco Public Holiday May 9
  Source: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco). Monaco's State Ministry has gazetted the Circulaire n° 2024‑3 du 4 avril 2024 relative au jeudi 9 mai 2024 (Jour de l'Ascension), jour férié légal, in today's Journal Officiel Numéro 8690, confirming that Thursday, May 9, 2024, would be a public holiday in Monaco for all employees ("Aux termes de la loi n° 798 du 18 février 1966 portant fixation des jours fériés légaux et de la loi n° 800 du 18 février 1966, modifiée, régissant la rémunération et les conditions de travail relatives aux jours fériés légaux, le jeudi 9 mai 2024 est un jour férié, chômé et payé pour l'ensemble des salariés quel que soit leur mode de rémunération"). The aforementioned circulaire supplements the previously-announced annual list of official non-working public holidays in Monaco and Monaco bank holidays for the calendar year 2024, as released last October.    
• Monaco Public Holiday May 9
  Source: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco). Monaco's State Ministry has gazetted the Circulaire n° 2024‑3 du 4 avril 2024 relative au jeudi 9 mai 2024 (Jour de l'Ascension), jour férié légal, in today's Journal Officiel Numéro 8690, confirming that Thursday, May 9, 2024, would be a public holiday in Monaco for all employees ("Aux termes de la loi n° 798 du 18 février 1966 portant fixation des jours fériés légaux et de la loi n° 800 du 18 février 1966, modifiée, régissant la rémunération et les conditions de travail relatives aux jours fériés légaux, le jeudi 9 mai 2024 est un jour férié, chômé et payé pour l'ensemble des salariés quel que soit leur mode de rémunération"). The aforementioned circulaire supplements the previously-announced annual list of official non-working public holidays in Monaco and Monaco bank holidays for the calendar year 2024, as released last October.    

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• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan April 15 Bank Holiday Not Clear
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Earlier this week, Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, announced that Monday, April 15, 2024, would be a one-off public holiday due to the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays with the weekend, as well as the Hisa Thel Gama scheduled to take place on April 15. But the Home Affairs Ministry's gazette notification only mentioned a public holiday without specifying if April 15 would also be a banking and mercantile holiday. Contacted by the media on the question, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Affair, Pradeep Yasarathne, responded that "we have declared a public holiday. It is up to the relevant institutions to decide".    
• Sri Lankan April 15 Bank Holiday Not Clear
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Earlier this week, Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, announced that Monday, April 15, 2024, would be a one-off public holiday due to the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays with the weekend, as well as the Hisa Thel Gama scheduled to take place on April 15. But the Home Affairs Ministry's gazette notification only mentioned a public holiday without specifying if April 15 would also be a banking and mercantile holiday. Contacted by the media on the question, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Affair, Pradeep Yasarathne, responded that "we have declared a public holiday. It is up to the relevant institutions to decide".    

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• Vietnam
• Vietnam
• Vietnam's PM Approves Extended April 27-May 1 Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Government Office has issued the official dispatch No. 2450/VPCP-KGVX announcing that the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh, had approved the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) for the extension of the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day public holidays by declaring Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off bridge public holiday, to be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, May 4, 2024, as a regular working day. MOLISA's official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD, issued at the beginning of the month, had been submitted to 15 agencies and ministries with 13 of these 15 ministries and branches having approved the proposal.    
• Vietnam's PM Approves Extended April 27-May 1 Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Government Office has issued the official dispatch No. 2450/VPCP-KGVX announcing that the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh, had approved the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) for the extension of the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day public holidays by declaring Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off bridge public holiday, to be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, May 4, 2024, as a regular working day. MOLISA's official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD, issued at the beginning of the month, had been submitted to 15 agencies and ministries with 13 of these 15 ministries and branches having approved the proposal.    

April 11, 2024

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• Liberia
• Liberia
• Liberia Declares April 12 National Fast and Prayer Day Public Holiday
  Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia). The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued a Proclamation declaring Friday, April 12, 2024, as National Fast and Prayer Day, a public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. The National Fast and Prayer Day was set aside as an annual non-working public holiday by an Act of the National Legislature in 1883, "as a National Holiday for supplication, fasting and meditation to the Almighty God so that our efforts as people, may be crowned with great achievements to the common cause of the nation, the state and our common humanity", but such last-minute re-confirmation of annual public holidays are a staple of the Liberian public holidays calendar.    
• Liberia Declares April 12 National Fast and Prayer Day Public Holiday
  Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia). The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued a Proclamation declaring Friday, April 12, 2024, as National Fast and Prayer Day, a public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. The National Fast and Prayer Day was set aside as an annual non-working public holiday by an Act of the National Legislature in 1883, "as a National Holiday for supplication, fasting and meditation to the Almighty God so that our efforts as people, may be crowned with great achievements to the common cause of the nation, the state and our common humanity", but such last-minute re-confirmation of annual public holidays are a staple of the Liberian public holidays calendar.    

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• New Zealand
• New Zealand
• New Zealand Members' Bill To Liberalize Easter Holidays Trading
  Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). New Zealand's Parliamentary ballot system, to choose around 50 Members' Bills every year, has brought to the fore the Repeal of Good Friday and Easter Sunday as Restricted Trading Days (Shop Trading and Sale of Alcohol) Amendment Bill of ACT MP Cameron Luxton. As per the Explanatory Note that prefaces the aforementioned bill, "This Bill seeks to remove an extra burden on businesses by removing the restriction on trading and selling alcohol on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.". Recall that the ACT (Association of Consumers and Taxpayers) is part of the current ruling Sixth National government coalition of New Zealand. In its pre-election manifesto, the ACT had pledged to cancel the annual January 2 public holiday to compensate the addition of the Matariki public holiday in 2022, but the removal of one of New Zealand's annual public holidays did not make it into the 3 parties' coalition agreement, although New Zealand's Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden, has recently reiterated that the current ruling coalition wanted to make changes to the Holiday Act. Although very few members’ bills become law, with most not passing the first reading stage, there have been notable exceptions. The 2013 Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and Anzac Day) Amendment Bill which makes the Monday after weekend occurrence of Waitangi Day and Anzac Day a public holiday, had been drawn from the member's bill ballot and introduced to New Zealand's Parliament in February 2012.    
• New Zealand Members' Bill To Liberalize Easter Holidays Trading
  Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). New Zealand's Parliamentary ballot system, to choose around 50 Members' Bills every year, has brought to the fore the Repeal of Good Friday and Easter Sunday as Restricted Trading Days (Shop Trading and Sale of Alcohol) Amendment Bill of ACT MP Cameron Luxton. As per the Explanatory Note that prefaces the aforementioned bill, "This Bill seeks to remove an extra burden on businesses by removing the restriction on trading and selling alcohol on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.". Recall that the ACT (Association of Consumers and Taxpayers) is part of the current ruling Sixth National government coalition of New Zealand. In its pre-election manifesto, the ACT had pledged to cancel the annual January 2 public holiday to compensate the addition of the Matariki public holiday in 2022, but the removal of one of New Zealand's annual public holidays did not make it into the 3 parties' coalition agreement, although New Zealand's Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden, has recently reiterated that the current ruling coalition wanted to make changes to the Holiday Act. Although very few members’ bills become law, with most not passing the first reading stage, there have been notable exceptions. The 2013 Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and Anzac Day) Amendment Bill which makes the Monday after weekend occurrence of Waitangi Day and Anzac Day a public holiday, had been drawn from the member's bill ballot and introduced to New Zealand's Parliament in February 2012.    

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• Vietnam
• Vietnam
• Vietnam Clarifies Possible Extension Of April-May Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has submitted to the Prime Minister its proposal of last week for the extension of the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day public holidays by declaring Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off bridge public holiday, to be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, May 4, 2024, as a regular working day. MOLISA's official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD of last week had been submitted to 15 agencies and ministries with 13 of these 15 ministries and branches having approved the proposal.    
• Vietnam Clarifies Possible Extension Of April-May Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has submitted to the Prime Minister its proposal of last week for the extension of the upcoming Liberation Day and Labour Day public holidays by declaring Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off bridge public holiday, to be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, May 4, 2024, as a regular working day. MOLISA's official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD of last week had been submitted to 15 agencies and ministries with 13 of these 15 ministries and branches having approved the proposal.    

April 10, 2024

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• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan Extends Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays To 4 Days
  Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul). Following last night's announcement by the Supreme Court of the Taliban administration that April 9th had been the last day of the month of Ramadan, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Taliban government of Afghanistan declared Saturday, April 13, 2024, as an additional public holiday to mark the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), in addition to the usual 3 days (April 10-12).    
• Afghanistan Extends Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays To 4 Days
  Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul). Following last night's announcement by the Supreme Court of the Taliban administration that April 9th had been the last day of the month of Ramadan, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Taliban government of Afghanistan declared Saturday, April 13, 2024, as an additional public holiday to mark the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), in addition to the usual 3 days (April 10-12).    

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• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Eid-ul-Fitr April 11
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Bangladesh's National Moon-Sighting Committee has announced that the Shawwal moon had not been sighted in Bangladesh, last night, and therefore that the Eid-ul-Fitr religious festivals marking the end of Ramadan would be celebrated in Bangladesh on Thursday, April 11, 2024.    
• Bangladesh Eid-ul-Fitr April 11
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Bangladesh's National Moon-Sighting Committee has announced that the Shawwal moon had not been sighted in Bangladesh, last night, and therefore that the Eid-ul-Fitr religious festivals marking the end of Ramadan would be celebrated in Bangladesh on Thursday, April 11, 2024.    

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• Chandigarh (CH)
• Chandigarh (CH)
• Chandigarh Declares April 11 Public Holiday For Id-ul-Fitr
  Source: Government of Chandigarh (Chandigarh). The Government of India's Union Territory of Chandigarh has declared a public holiday on Thursday, April 11, 2024, on account of the upcoming Id-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). The aforementioned announcement, made under the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, is in line with the list of 2024 public holidays in India's Union Territory of Chandigarh as contained in last December's vide notification No.6/1/1-IH(I)-2023/17123.    
• Chandigarh Declares April 11 Public Holiday For Id-ul-Fitr
  Source: Government of Chandigarh (Chandigarh). The Government of India's Union Territory of Chandigarh has declared a public holiday on Thursday, April 11, 2024, on account of the upcoming Id-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). The aforementioned announcement, made under the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, is in line with the list of 2024 public holidays in India's Union Territory of Chandigarh as contained in last December's vide notification No.6/1/1-IH(I)-2023/17123.    

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• Chile
• Chile
• Chile Considers Extending October Elections Over 2 Days
  Source: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile). The Chilean Government of Gabriel Boric has introduced legislation to have next October's municipal and regional elections occur on two days rather than on one day as has always been the case. According to the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Álvaro Elizalde, the proposition was presented via the Senate in order to give urgency to its processing. As per the executive's aforementioned proposal, the currently-scheduled election day of October 27 would remain irrenunciable, while the additional election day on Saturday, October 26, would be declared a regular public holiday. In Chile, the concept of a public holiday being irrenunciable (which the employee cannot renounce, presumably under pressure from his/her employer) is extremely important with many day laborers working on public holidays, unless these have been declared irrenunciable.    
• Chile Considers Extending October Elections Over 2 Days
  Source: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile). The Chilean Government of Gabriel Boric has introduced legislation to have next October's municipal and regional elections occur on two days rather than on one day as has always been the case. According to the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Álvaro Elizalde, the proposition was presented via the Senate in order to give urgency to its processing. As per the executive's aforementioned proposal, the currently-scheduled election day of October 27 would remain irrenunciable, while the additional election day on Saturday, October 26, would be declared a regular public holiday. In Chile, the concept of a public holiday being irrenunciable (which the employee cannot renounce, presumably under pressure from his/her employer) is extremely important with many day laborers working on public holidays, unless these have been declared irrenunciable.    

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• Costa Rica
• Costa Rica
• Costa Rica Confirms Battle of Rivas Public Holiday Change
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José). Costa Rica's Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming Battle of Rivas/Juan Santamaria public holiday would be moved from its official date of April 11 to Monday, April 15, in 2024, as per the Law No. 9875 of 2020 which moved 2020-2024 mid-week public holidays to adjoin a nearby weekend. Initially, as per paragraph 185 of Law No. 9875 gazetted in La Gaceta number 175, in July 2020, three of the 2024 Costa Rican public holidays were meant to move to a nearby weekend. But, last December, Law 10396 was passed cancelling any move of the date of the August 15 Mother's Day annual public holiday. Then, in early January, Bill 23.559 was passed, moving back the Anexión de Nicoya public holiday from Monday, July 29, 2024, to Thursday, July 25, 2024.    
• Costa Rica Confirms Battle of Rivas Public Holiday Change
  Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José). Costa Rica's Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming Battle of Rivas/Juan Santamaria public holiday would be moved from its official date of April 11 to Monday, April 15, in 2024, as per the Law No. 9875 of 2020 which moved 2020-2024 mid-week public holidays to adjoin a nearby weekend. Initially, as per paragraph 185 of Law No. 9875 gazetted in La Gaceta number 175, in July 2020, three of the 2024 Costa Rican public holidays were meant to move to a nearby weekend. But, last December, Law 10396 was passed cancelling any move of the date of the August 15 Mother's Day annual public holiday. Then, in early January, Bill 23.559 was passed, moving back the Anexión de Nicoya public holiday from Monday, July 29, 2024, to Thursday, July 25, 2024.    

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• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan To Add 8 Annual Holidays
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has announced on the Open Regulatory Acts portal that it plans to add 8 new annual professional holidays, namely; Workers' Day in the field of public services (April 7), Housing and Utilities Workers' Day (April 16), Metrology Worker's Day (May 20), Veterinarian's Day (10 July), Hunting Farm Worker's Day (the first Saturday of September), Day of Higher Education Workers of the Republic of Kazakhstan (October 1), Standardization Worker's Day (14 October), Anti-Corruption Service Day (November 18). As per the announcement, "Proposals for the introduction of new professional holidays were initiated by the authorized state bodies of the relevant spheres of activity".    
• Kazakhstan To Add 8 Annual Holidays
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has announced on the Open Regulatory Acts portal that it plans to add 8 new annual professional holidays, namely; Workers' Day in the field of public services (April 7), Housing and Utilities Workers' Day (April 16), Metrology Worker's Day (May 20), Veterinarian's Day (10 July), Hunting Farm Worker's Day (the first Saturday of September), Day of Higher Education Workers of the Republic of Kazakhstan (October 1), Standardization Worker's Day (14 October), Anti-Corruption Service Day (November 18). As per the announcement, "Proposals for the introduction of new professional holidays were initiated by the authorized state bodies of the relevant spheres of activity".    

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• Malaysia
• Malaysia
• Malaysia Confirms No April 12 Public Holiday Extension
  Source: Bernama News Agency (Putrajaya). The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has confirmed his announcement of late last month that there would be no extension to the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri public holidays to include Friday, April 12, 2024, as was done last year when additional public holidays were added on Friday and Monday, April 21 and 24, 2023.    
• Malaysia Confirms No April 12 Public Holiday Extension
  Source: Bernama News Agency (Putrajaya). The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has confirmed his announcement of late last month that there would be no extension to the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri public holidays to include Friday, April 12, 2024, as was done last year when additional public holidays were added on Friday and Monday, April 21 and 24, 2023.    

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• Nepal
• Nepal
• Nepal Declares Public Holiday On April 11 For Eid-al-Fitr
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). The joint secretary of Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs, Rudra Prasad Pandit, has announced that the government of Nepal, on the recommendation of Nepal's Muslim Commission, had decided to extend the upcoming's Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) holiday's observance from being limited to Muslims to a full public holiday. Recall that, in last February's list of official public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081 (mid-April 2024 to mid-April 2025), the 2024 Eid-ul-Fitr which was listed a a public holiday for Muslims only. This last-minute extension of the scope of Eid-ul-Fitr has happened often in the past, most recently in 2022, 2020, and 2019.    
• Nepal Declares Public Holiday On April 11 For Eid-al-Fitr
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). The joint secretary of Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs, Rudra Prasad Pandit, has announced that the government of Nepal, on the recommendation of Nepal's Muslim Commission, had decided to extend the upcoming's Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) holiday's observance from being limited to Muslims to a full public holiday. Recall that, in last February's list of official public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081 (mid-April 2024 to mid-April 2025), the 2024 Eid-ul-Fitr which was listed a a public holiday for Muslims only. This last-minute extension of the scope of Eid-ul-Fitr has happened often in the past, most recently in 2022, 2020, and 2019.    

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• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Declares Additional Public Holiday For Sinhala and Tamil New Year
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, has announced that the Sri Lankan government had finally decided to declare Monday, April 15, 2024, as a one-off public holiday due to the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays with the weekend, as well as the related and auspicious National Oil Anointing Ceremony (Hisa Thel Gama) scheduled to take place on April 15 at 10:17am. The declaration of one-off public holidays to adjoin the Sinhala and Tamil New Year annual public holidays, is quite frequent. In 2022, Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, were declared as one-off as public holidays to link the weekend with the subsequent annual Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays. And, over the years, April 15 has often been declared a one-off public holiday in Sri Lanka. Most recently, this was the case in 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011. While, in 2008, April 14 was declared a one-off public holiday as Sinhala and Tamil New Year fell on Sunday, April 13th, that year.    
• Sri Lanka Declares Additional Public Holiday For Sinhala and Tamil New Year
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, has announced that the Sri Lankan government had finally decided to declare Monday, April 15, 2024, as a one-off public holiday due to the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays with the weekend, as well as the related and auspicious National Oil Anointing Ceremony (Hisa Thel Gama) scheduled to take place on April 15 at 10:17am. The declaration of one-off public holidays to adjoin the Sinhala and Tamil New Year annual public holidays, is quite frequent. In 2022, Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, were declared as one-off as public holidays to link the weekend with the subsequent annual Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays. And, over the years, April 15 has often been declared a one-off public holiday in Sri Lanka. Most recently, this was the case in 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011. While, in 2008, April 14 was declared a one-off public holiday as Sinhala and Tamil New Year fell on Sunday, April 13th, that year.    

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• Telangana (TS)
• Telangana (TS)
• Telangana Declares April 11-12 Eid-Ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Government of Telangana (Hyderabad). The Government of India's State of Telangana has announced that the state's official Moon sighting body, the Markazi Ruet e Hilal Committee, had not been able to observe the crescent of the Shawwal Moon last night. Therefore the public holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and the Following Day of Ramzan will be observed in Telangana on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, 2024, in line with last December's vide notification G.O.Rt. No.1633, listing the 2024 public holidays in Telangana.    
• Telangana Declares April 11-12 Eid-Ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Government of Telangana (Hyderabad). The Government of India's State of Telangana has announced that the state's official Moon sighting body, the Markazi Ruet e Hilal Committee, had not been able to observe the crescent of the Shawwal Moon last night. Therefore the public holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and the Following Day of Ramzan will be observed in Telangana on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, 2024, in line with last December's vide notification G.O.Rt. No.1633, listing the 2024 public holidays in Telangana.    

April 9, 2024

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• Algeria
• Algeria
• Algerian 2024 End of Ramadan Public Holidays To Start April 10
  Source: Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique (Algiers). The Algerian Commission nationale de l'observation du croissant lunaire, has announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, would be the first day of the month of Choual de l'année 1445 de l'Hégire, and therefore that that would be the date of the upcoming non-working public sector holiday in Algeria on account of the annual "Aïd el-Fitr" (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holidays of Algeria.    
• Algerian 2024 End of Ramadan Public Holidays To Start April 10
  Source: Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique (Algiers). The Algerian Commission nationale de l'observation du croissant lunaire, has announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, would be the first day of the month of Choual de l'année 1445 de l'Hégire, and therefore that that would be the date of the upcoming non-working public sector holiday in Algeria on account of the annual "Aïd el-Fitr" (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holidays of Algeria.    

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• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan Announces End of Ramadan 2024 Bank Holidays Scope
  Source: Central Bank of Azerbaijan (Baku). The Central Bank of Azerbaijan announced that certain branches and offices of banks, Azerpost, as well as currency exchange offices, will work during the upcoming April 10-12, 2024, Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) public holidays, and provided a list of the "work schedule of branches and outlets of banks, Azerpost outlets and currency exchange points, which will work on holidays".    
• Azerbaijan Announces End of Ramadan 2024 Bank Holidays Scope
  Source: Central Bank of Azerbaijan (Baku). The Central Bank of Azerbaijan announced that certain branches and offices of banks, Azerpost, as well as currency exchange offices, will work during the upcoming April 10-12, 2024, Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) public holidays, and provided a list of the "work schedule of branches and outlets of banks, Azerpost outlets and currency exchange points, which will work on holidays".    

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• Brunei
• Brunei
• Brunei Darussalam Hari Raya 2024 Public Holidays To Begin On April 11
  Source: Brunei Information Department (Prime Minister's Office). The Information Department of Brunei Darussalam's Prime Minister's Office has announced that, as the crescent of the Syawal 1445 Moon had not been sighted, the public holiday for Hari Raya Aidilfitri (End of Ramadan) in Brunei Darussalam would begin on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The aforementioned announcement, made with the consent of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, amends the list of 2024 public holidays in Brunei Darussalam, as it was announced last September in the Surat Keliling Jabatan Perdana Menteri Bil 4/2023 Negara Brunei Darussalam Hari-Hari Kelepasan Awam Tahun 2024 and, once again, it deviates from the 2022 agreement between the Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, to "adopt revised criteria of the astronomical calculation for the determination of the Islamic calendar from year 2022 onwards".    
• Brunei Darussalam Hari Raya 2024 Public Holidays To Begin On April 11
  Source: Brunei Information Department (Prime Minister's Office). The Information Department of Brunei Darussalam's Prime Minister's Office has announced that, as the crescent of the Syawal 1445 Moon had not been sighted, the public holiday for Hari Raya Aidilfitri (End of Ramadan) in Brunei Darussalam would begin on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The aforementioned announcement, made with the consent of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, amends the list of 2024 public holidays in Brunei Darussalam, as it was announced last September in the Surat Keliling Jabatan Perdana Menteri Bil 4/2023 Negara Brunei Darussalam Hari-Hari Kelepasan Awam Tahun 2024 and, once again, it deviates from the 2022 agreement between the Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, to "adopt revised criteria of the astronomical calculation for the determination of the Islamic calendar from year 2022 onwards".    

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• Chad
• Chad
• Chad Aid El Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Agence Tchadienne de Presse (N’Djamena). Chad's ministre de l’Administration de la Fonction publique et du Dialogue social has issued a communiqué declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a as public holiday in the Chad, on account of the upcoming End of Ramadan public holiday ("porte à la connaissance des travailleuses et travailleurs des secteurs public et privé que la journée du mercredi du 10 avril 2024 est déclarée fériée et chômée, sur l’ensemble du territoire national"). The aforementioned announcement was made "conformément à l’article 1 du Décret N413/PR/MFPTEM/97 du 30 septembre 1997, portant révision de la liste du régime des jours fériés et chômés".    
• Chad Aid El Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Agence Tchadienne de Presse (N’Djamena). Chad's ministre de l’Administration de la Fonction publique et du Dialogue social has issued a communiqué declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a as public holiday in the Chad, on account of the upcoming End of Ramadan public holiday ("porte à la connaissance des travailleuses et travailleurs des secteurs public et privé que la journée du mercredi du 10 avril 2024 est déclarée fériée et chômée, sur l’ensemble du territoire national"). The aforementioned announcement was made "conformément à l’article 1 du Décret N413/PR/MFPTEM/97 du 30 septembre 1997, portant révision de la liste du régime des jours fériés et chômés".    

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• Gambia
• Gambia
• Gambia Declares Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul). The President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has declared Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11, 2024, as a non-working public holidays for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcement, "The Office of the President informs the public that His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, is pleased to declare Wednesday, 10th, and Thursday, 11th April 2024, as public holidays throughout The Gambia in observance of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr locally called Koriteh".    
• Gambia Declares Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul). The President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has declared Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11, 2024, as a non-working public holidays for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcement, "The Office of the President informs the public that His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, is pleased to declare Wednesday, 10th, and Thursday, 11th April 2024, as public holidays throughout The Gambia in observance of the Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Fitr locally called Koriteh".    

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• Guinea
• Guinea
• Guinea Conakry Declares Aïd El Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (Conakry). Guinea Conakry's Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique, Faya François Bourouno, has issued a communique declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the Aïd El Fitr (End of Ramadan). The salient part of the aforementioned communique reads as follows, "Conformément aux dispositions du Décret D/2022/ 0526/PRG/ CNRD/ SGG du 02 novembre 2022, modifiant le Décret D/250/ PRG/SGG du 1er août 1995 concernant les fêtes légales en République de Guinée, le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique porte à la connaissance des Travailleuses, Travailleurs et Agents des secteurs mixte et privé, que la journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, L’AID EL FITR, jour de la fête religieuse marquant la fin du ramadan, est déclarée fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.".    
• Guinea Conakry Declares Aïd El Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (Conakry). Guinea Conakry's Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique, Faya François Bourouno, has issued a communique declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the Aïd El Fitr (End of Ramadan). The salient part of the aforementioned communique reads as follows, "Conformément aux dispositions du Décret D/2022/ 0526/PRG/ CNRD/ SGG du 02 novembre 2022, modifiant le Décret D/250/ PRG/SGG du 1er août 1995 concernant les fêtes légales en République de Guinée, le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique porte à la connaissance des Travailleuses, Travailleurs et Agents des secteurs mixte et privé, que la journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, L’AID EL FITR, jour de la fête religieuse marquant la fin du ramadan, est déclarée fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.".    

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• Hungary
• Hungary
• Hungary 2025 Public Holidays Officialized
  Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest). Hungary's Minister of National Economy, Márton Nagy, has published a decree in the Magyar Közlöny (Hungarian Official Gazette) which officializes the list of public holidays of Hungary in 2025, as well as the usual Monday and Friday one-off bridge public holidays that are compensated by declaring a compensatory Saturday as a regular working day (A 2025. évi munkaszüneti napok körüli munkarendről szóló miniszteri rendelet). Today's official decree confirms the terms of last month's draft proposal for the official public holidays of Hungary in 2025, which was open for public comments until March 20, 2024. Usually the official list of public holidays is gazetted much later, sometime from mid-summer to mid-autumn (2024 public holidays were gazetted in July 2023, but 2023 public holidays were gazetted in October 2022).    
• Hungary 2025 Public Holidays Officialized
  Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest). Hungary's Minister of National Economy, Márton Nagy, has published a decree in the Magyar Közlöny (Hungarian Official Gazette) which officializes the list of public holidays of Hungary in 2025, as well as the usual Monday and Friday one-off bridge public holidays that are compensated by declaring a compensatory Saturday as a regular working day (A 2025. évi munkaszüneti napok körüli munkarendről szóló miniszteri rendelet). Today's official decree confirms the terms of last month's draft proposal for the official public holidays of Hungary in 2025, which was open for public comments until March 20, 2024. Usually the official list of public holidays is gazetted much later, sometime from mid-summer to mid-autumn (2024 public holidays were gazetted in July 2023, but 2023 public holidays were gazetted in October 2022).    

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• Jammu and Kashmir (JK)
• Jammu and Kashmir (JK)
• Jammu and Kashmir Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 10
  Source: Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Srinigar). The Government of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Thursday, April 11, to Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 1582-JK(GAD) of 2023, last December.    
• Jammu and Kashmir Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 10
  Source: Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Srinigar). The Government of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Thursday, April 11, to Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 1582-JK(GAD) of 2023, last December.    

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• Kenya
• Kenya
• Kenyan Declares April 10 Idd-ul-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi). Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki, has issued a special gazette notice announcing that the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday for Idd-Ul-Fitr (the End of Ramadan) in Kenya would be Wednesday, April 10, 2024. As pre the aforementioned gazette notification, "It is notified for the general information of the public that, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares that Wednesday, the 10th April 2024 shall be a Public Holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr". Note that, the date of the 2024 End of Ramadan public holiday had initially listed by the Kenyan Government as Thursday, April 11, 2024, due to a specific clause of the Kenyan Public Holidays Act, which specifies a mathematical rule for the date of the Idd-Ul-Fitr public holiday in Kenya.    
• Kenyan Declares April 10 Idd-ul-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi). Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki, has issued a special gazette notice announcing that the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday for Idd-Ul-Fitr (the End of Ramadan) in Kenya would be Wednesday, April 10, 2024. As pre the aforementioned gazette notification, "It is notified for the general information of the public that, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares that Wednesday, the 10th April 2024 shall be a Public Holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr". Note that, the date of the 2024 End of Ramadan public holiday had initially listed by the Kenyan Government as Thursday, April 11, 2024, due to a specific clause of the Kenyan Public Holidays Act, which specifies a mathematical rule for the date of the Idd-Ul-Fitr public holiday in Kenya.    

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• Ladakh (LA)
• Ladakh (LA)
• Ladakh Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 10
  Source: Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh (Leh). The Commissioner of the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Thursday, April 11, to Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government vide order F.No: A/15/2020-O/o Un Secy - GAD of 2023, last November.    
• Ladakh Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 10
  Source: Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh (Leh). The Commissioner of the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Thursday, April 11, to Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government vide order F.No: A/15/2020-O/o Un Secy - GAD of 2023, last November.    

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• Lebanon
• Lebanon
• Lebanon Extends Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays Until April 13
  Source: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon). The Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has issued an administrative memorandum extending the duration of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays. As per the aforementioned memorandum, "all public administrations and institutions, as well as municipalities, will be closed from Wednesday, April 10, 2024, until April 13, 2024".    
• Lebanon Extends Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays Until April 13
  Source: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon). The Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has issued an administrative memorandum extending the duration of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays. As per the aforementioned memorandum, "all public administrations and institutions, as well as municipalities, will be closed from Wednesday, April 10, 2024, until April 13, 2024".    

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• Macedonia
• Macedonia
• Macedonian Ramazan Bajram Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Macedonia (Skopje). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that, based on the Law on Holidays of the Republic of Macedonia ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia" No. 21/98 and 18/07), Wednesday, April 10, 2024, is a non-working public holiday for all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia on account of Ramazan Bajram (End of Ramadan). The aforementioned announcement is in line with the dates contained in last October's list of official non-working public holidays in Macedonia and Macedonian bank holidays for the calendar year 2024 (Programa na nerabotni denovi za 2024 godina - Програма на неработни денови за 2024 година),    
• Macedonian Ramazan Bajram Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Macedonia (Skopje). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that, based on the Law on Holidays of the Republic of Macedonia ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia" No. 21/98 and 18/07), Wednesday, April 10, 2024, is a non-working public holiday for all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia on account of Ramazan Bajram (End of Ramadan). The aforementioned announcement is in line with the dates contained in last October's list of official non-working public holidays in Macedonia and Macedonian bank holidays for the calendar year 2024 (Programa na nerabotni denovi za 2024 godina - Програма на неработни денови за 2024 година),    

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• Madagascar
• Madagascar
• Madagascar 2024 Eid Al Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo). Madagascar's Minister of Labor has announced that the government of Madagascar, on the recommendation of the Fikambanana silamo malagasy association, had decided to declare the date of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday in Madagascar as Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in line with the list of 2024 public holidays dates adopted in February's first Conseil Du Gouvernement of Madagascar, in the Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2024 which had been announced earlier in January by the Ministere Du Travail, De L'emploi Et De La Fonction Publique.    
• Madagascar 2024 Eid Al Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo). Madagascar's Minister of Labor has announced that the government of Madagascar, on the recommendation of the Fikambanana silamo malagasy association, had decided to declare the date of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday in Madagascar as Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in line with the list of 2024 public holidays dates adopted in February's first Conseil Du Gouvernement of Madagascar, in the Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2024 which had been announced earlier in January by the Ministere Du Travail, De L'emploi Et De La Fonction Publique.    

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• Mali
• Mali
• Mali Declares Public Holiday On Day After The Aïd el-Fitr
  Source: Primature Portail Officiel du Gouvernement du Mali (Bamako). Mali's Government has declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the day after the Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan) as an additional public holiday. As per the Communique No. 2024-100009/MTFPDS-SG DU, "En application des dispositions de la loi n°05-040 du 22 juillet 2005 relative aux fêtes légales en Republique du Mali, la journée du Mercredi 10 avril 2024, lendemain de la Fête de Ramadan, est chôme et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national.". As usual, Mali announces the earliest dates for most Muslim holidays, sometimes on dates that precede the new Moon, as was the case in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.    
• Mali Declares Public Holiday On Day After The Aïd el-Fitr
  Source: Primature Portail Officiel du Gouvernement du Mali (Bamako). Mali's Government has declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the day after the Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan) as an additional public holiday. As per the Communique No. 2024-100009/MTFPDS-SG DU, "En application des dispositions de la loi n°05-040 du 22 juillet 2005 relative aux fêtes légales en Republique du Mali, la journée du Mercredi 10 avril 2024, lendemain de la Fête de Ramadan, est chôme et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national.". As usual, Mali announces the earliest dates for most Muslim holidays, sometimes on dates that precede the new Moon, as was the case in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018.    

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• Mozambique
• Mozambique
• Mozambique End of Ramadan Public Sector Holiday April 10
  Source: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo). Mozambique's Minister of Labor and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, has announced a one-off sectorial non-working public sector holiday in Mozambique, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a point of tolerance to all workers and public servants who profess the Muslim religion, on the occasion of the celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitre, in line with paragraph 2 of article 5 of Decree nº 7/2015, of June 3rd. Mozambique's Labour Code gives the Minister of Labour the authority to declare one-off public holidays in Mozambique.    
• Mozambique End of Ramadan Public Sector Holiday April 10
  Source: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo). Mozambique's Minister of Labor and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, has announced a one-off sectorial non-working public sector holiday in Mozambique, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a point of tolerance to all workers and public servants who profess the Muslim religion, on the occasion of the celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitre, in line with paragraph 2 of article 5 of Decree nº 7/2015, of June 3rd. Mozambique's Labour Code gives the Minister of Labour the authority to declare one-off public holidays in Mozambique.    

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• Nepal
• Nepal
• Nepal Mulls Extending Scope Of April 11 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that, at the request of Muslim Commission Chairman Samim Miya Ansari, it will submit a proposal to the Council of Ministers for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) to be declared a public holiday in Nepal on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Muslim public holidays were added to the official list of Nepalese public holidays for 2008, and they have been maintained maintained since then, though they were often limited to the Muslim population, as was the case for the 2024 Eid-ul-Fitr which was listed a a public holiday for Muslims only in last February's list of official public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081, which runs from mid-April 2024 until mid-April 2025.    
• Nepal Mulls Extending Scope Of April 11 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that, at the request of Muslim Commission Chairman Samim Miya Ansari, it will submit a proposal to the Council of Ministers for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) to be declared a public holiday in Nepal on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Muslim public holidays were added to the official list of Nepalese public holidays for 2008, and they have been maintained maintained since then, though they were often limited to the Muslim population, as was the case for the 2024 Eid-ul-Fitr which was listed a a public holiday for Muslims only in last February's list of official public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081, which runs from mid-April 2024 until mid-April 2025.    

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• Nigeria
• Nigeria
• Nigeria Extends 2024 Eid-il-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja). Earlier this morning, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Interior of Nigeria, Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, issued a statement announcing that the Federal Government of Nigeria had extended the public holidays for the Eid-el-Fitr to include Thursday, April 11, 2024. As per the aforementioned statement, "The federal government has approved Thursday 11th April, 2024 as an additional public holiday to celebrate this year's Eid-El-Fitr.". Recall that, this past weekend, the Minister of Interior of Nigeria, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, had already issued a communique announcing that the Nigerian Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as the dates for the upcoming Eid-el-Fitr public holidays in Nigeria.    
• Nigeria Extends 2024 Eid-il-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja). Earlier this morning, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Interior of Nigeria, Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, issued a statement announcing that the Federal Government of Nigeria had extended the public holidays for the Eid-el-Fitr to include Thursday, April 11, 2024. As per the aforementioned statement, "The federal government has approved Thursday 11th April, 2024 as an additional public holiday to celebrate this year's Eid-El-Fitr.". Recall that, this past weekend, the Minister of Interior of Nigeria, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, had already issued a communique announcing that the Nigerian Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as the dates for the upcoming Eid-el-Fitr public holidays in Nigeria.    

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• Puducherry (PY)
• Puducherry (PY)
• Puducherry Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 11
  Source: Government of Puducherry (Saram). The government of India's Union Territory of Puducherry has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Wednesday, April 10, to Thursday, April 11, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government Order vide notification vide notification G.O. Ms. No. 59 published last November. A revisionary notification from the Home Department clarified that the aforementioned change in the date of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr public holiday did not apply to the Mahe region which observes the Muslim calendar of neighboring Kerala, and which retains April 10 as the date of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.    
• Puducherry Changes Date Of Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday To April 11
  Source: Government of Puducherry (Saram). The government of India's Union Territory of Puducherry has announced that the date of the public holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) had been changed from Wednesday, April 10, to Thursday, April 11, 2024, thus amending the list of 2024 public holidays initially released in the Government Order vide notification vide notification G.O. Ms. No. 59 published last November. A revisionary notification from the Home Department clarified that the aforementioned change in the date of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr public holiday did not apply to the Mahe region which observes the Muslim calendar of neighboring Kerala, and which retains April 10 as the date of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.    

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• Qatar
• Qatar
• Qatar Declares 3-Day Eid Al Fitr Public Holidays For Private Sector
  Source: Qatari News Agency (QNA). Qatar's Ministry of Labour has declared 3 days of public holidays, April 10-12, for the Qatari private sector on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcement, "employees in private sector enterprises governed by the Labour Law will receive their full wages". Earlier this month, Qatar's Amiri Diwan declared 9 consecutive days of public sector holidays, from April 7-15, 2024, and Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) announced the bank holidays on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr for all financial institutions in Qatar, from Tuesday to Saturday, April 9 to 13, 2024.    
• Qatar Declares 3-Day Eid Al Fitr Public Holidays For Private Sector
  Source: Qatari News Agency (QNA). Qatar's Ministry of Labour has declared 3 days of public holidays, April 10-12, for the Qatari private sector on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcement, "employees in private sector enterprises governed by the Labour Law will receive their full wages". Earlier this month, Qatar's Amiri Diwan declared 9 consecutive days of public sector holidays, from April 7-15, 2024, and Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) announced the bank holidays on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr for all financial institutions in Qatar, from Tuesday to Saturday, April 9 to 13, 2024.    

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• Rwanda
• Rwanda
• Rwanda Eid Al-Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR). Rwanda's Ministry of Public Service and Labour has issued an announcement that the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. As per the Arrêté Presidentiel N°06/01 Du 16/02/2011 Determinant Les Jours Feries Officiels and the Presidential Order N°42/03 Of 30/06/2015 Determining Official Holidays, the date of the annual Eid el-Fitr public holiday is set by the Moslems' Association of Rwanda ("Itariki itangazwa buri mwaka na Rwanda Moslems' Association").    
• Rwanda Eid Al-Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR). Rwanda's Ministry of Public Service and Labour has issued an announcement that the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. As per the Arrêté Presidentiel N°06/01 Du 16/02/2011 Determinant Les Jours Feries Officiels and the Presidential Order N°42/03 Of 30/06/2015 Determining Official Holidays, the date of the annual Eid el-Fitr public holiday is set by the Moslems' Association of Rwanda ("Itariki itangazwa buri mwaka na Rwanda Moslems' Association").    

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• Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone Declares April 10 Eid Al Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: State House Press Secretariat (Freetown). The Office of the President of Sierra Leone, State House, announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, had been declared as a public holiday in Sierra Leone to mark Eid Al Fitr (the End of Ramadan).    
• Sierra Leone Declares April 10 Eid Al Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: State House Press Secretariat (Freetown). The Office of the President of Sierra Leone, State House, announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, had been declared as a public holiday in Sierra Leone to mark Eid Al Fitr (the End of Ramadan).    

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• Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays April 10
  Source: Turkmenistan Government Information Agency (Ashgabad). Turkmenistan's President, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, has signed a decree On the Celebration of Oraza Bayram, declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a non-working public holiday in Turkmenistan on account of the upcoming Oraza Bayram (End of Ramadan), in line with Article 81 of the Labor Code of Turkmenistan.    
• Turkmenistan Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays April 10
  Source: Turkmenistan Government Information Agency (Ashgabad). Turkmenistan's President, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, has signed a decree On the Celebration of Oraza Bayram, declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a non-working public holiday in Turkmenistan on account of the upcoming Oraza Bayram (End of Ramadan), in line with Article 81 of the Labor Code of Turkmenistan.    

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• Uganda
• Uganda
• Uganda Declares April 10 End Of Ramadan Public Holiday
  Source: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service of the Government of Uganda, Catherine Bitarakwate Musingwiire, has published an official announcement that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, had been declared a public holiday in Uganda on account of the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcements, "The Honorable Minister of Public Service informs the general public that tomorrow 10th April 2024 is Eid el Fitr and will be observed as a Public Holiday throughout Uganda pursuant to the Public Holidays Act, 1965".    
• Uganda Declares April 10 End Of Ramadan Public Holiday
  Source: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service of the Government of Uganda, Catherine Bitarakwate Musingwiire, has published an official announcement that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, had been declared a public holiday in Uganda on account of the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned announcements, "The Honorable Minister of Public Service informs the general public that tomorrow 10th April 2024 is Eid el Fitr and will be observed as a Public Holiday throughout Uganda pursuant to the Public Holidays Act, 1965".    

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• Vietnam
• Vietnam
• Vietnamese General Confederation of Labor Also Approves Extended April-May Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's General Confederation of Labor has issued the official dispatch No. 1032/TLD-CSPL in response to, and in favor of, last week's proposal by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. The MOLISA proposal, contained in the official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD, has already received approval by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Information and Communications. Opinions from all 16 ministries and branches had been sought initially by MOLISA.    
• Vietnamese General Confederation of Labor Also Approves Extended April-May Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's General Confederation of Labor has issued the official dispatch No. 1032/TLD-CSPL in response to, and in favor of, last week's proposal by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. The MOLISA proposal, contained in the official dispatch No. 1385/BLDTBXH-CATLD, has already received approval by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Information and Communications. Opinions from all 16 ministries and branches had been sought initially by MOLISA.    

April 8, 2024

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• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN)
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN)
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands Extend Scope Of Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Office of the Labour Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory (Port Blair). The Secretary of Labour and Employment of India's Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has issued the Order No.156 which extends last week's vide notification No.32/2024/F.No.E-231/25/2024-Accts.Sect.-Election/AN/397, signed by the Lieutenant Governor and Administrator of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, declaring a public holiday in the Union Territory the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, April 19, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory ("Public Holiday on the day of Poll i.e. 19.04.2024 (Friday) for all Public Offices, Local Bodies and Educational Institutions and a paid holiday for all Commercial Establishments / Undertakings in the UT of A and N Islands"). Today's Order No.156 extends the vide notification of April 1st by specifying the businesses that are to close on that date and by declaring the day of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections a paid holiday ("in pursuance of Section 135 B of the Representation of People Act, 1951 read with Notification No. E-231/25/2024-Accts.Sect-Election/AN/397 dated 01.04.2024, issued by the A and N Admn, it is hereby directed that all Business Establishments including Shops, Hotels, Restaurants, Resorts etc., Trade, Industrial Undertakings or any other Establishments which fall under the A and N Islands Shops and Establishments Regulation, 2004 and all Factories covered under the Factories Act, 1948 shall observe the day of poll i.e. the 19th April 2024 (Friday) as a paid holiday for their employees so as to enable them to exercise their franchise"), thus further amending the list of 2024 public holidays in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as announced, last October, in the Government Order vide notification No.97/2023/F. No.M-13/18/2022-GA-Section-Sectt.    
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands Extend Scope Of Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Office of the Labour Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory (Port Blair). The Secretary of Labour and Employment of India's Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has issued the Order No.156 which extends last week's vide notification No.32/2024/F.No.E-231/25/2024-Accts.Sect.-Election/AN/397, signed by the Lieutenant Governor and Administrator of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, declaring a public holiday in the Union Territory the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, April 19, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory ("Public Holiday on the day of Poll i.e. 19.04.2024 (Friday) for all Public Offices, Local Bodies and Educational Institutions and a paid holiday for all Commercial Establishments / Undertakings in the UT of A and N Islands"). Today's Order No.156 extends the vide notification of April 1st by specifying the businesses that are to close on that date and by declaring the day of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections a paid holiday ("in pursuance of Section 135 B of the Representation of People Act, 1951 read with Notification No. E-231/25/2024-Accts.Sect-Election/AN/397 dated 01.04.2024, issued by the A and N Admn, it is hereby directed that all Business Establishments including Shops, Hotels, Restaurants, Resorts etc., Trade, Industrial Undertakings or any other Establishments which fall under the A and N Islands Shops and Establishments Regulation, 2004 and all Factories covered under the Factories Act, 1948 shall observe the day of poll i.e. the 19th April 2024 (Friday) as a paid holiday for their employees so as to enable them to exercise their franchise"), thus further amending the list of 2024 public holidays in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as announced, last October, in the Government Order vide notification No.97/2023/F. No.M-13/18/2022-GA-Section-Sectt.    

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• Benin
• Benin
• Benin Declares April 10 As 2024 Aïd el-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin (Cotonou). Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Adidjatou A. Mathys, has issued a communique announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned communique, signed by her Cabinet Director, Victorin Honvoh, "Le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique rappelle que conformément aux dispositions de la loi n° 90-019 du 27 juillet 1990 fixant les fêtes légales en République du Bénin, la journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, jour du Ramadan, est fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national.".    
• Benin Declares April 10 As 2024 Aïd el-Fitr Public Holiday
  Source: Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin (Cotonou). Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Adidjatou A. Mathys, has issued a communique announcing that the government of Bénin had declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the aforementioned communique, signed by her Cabinet Director, Victorin Honvoh, "Le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique rappelle que conformément aux dispositions de la loi n° 90-019 du 27 juillet 1990 fixant les fêtes légales en République du Bénin, la journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, jour du Ramadan, est fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national.".    

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• British Virgin Islands
• British Virgin Islands
• British Virgin Islands Confirms 2024 King's Birthday Public Holiday
  Source: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI). The Communications Officer of the Deputy Governor's Office of the Government of the British Virgin Islands, Nia Douglas-Wheatley, has announced that the Governor of the Virgin Islands, Daniel Pruce, had proclaimed Friday, June 14, 2024, as the date to "be kept as the Sovereign’s Birthday in 2024", in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (CAP. 199). Today's proclamation is a confirmation of last month's gazette entry by the then Acting Governor's of the British Virgin Islands, David D. Archer Jr., of the Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 19 (Appointing The Day To Be Kept As The Sovereigns Birthday In The Year 2024) which specified the date of the 2024 Sovereign's Birthday public holiday in the British Virgin Islands as Friday, June 14, 2024.    
• British Virgin Islands Confirms 2024 King's Birthday Public Holiday
  Source: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI). The Communications Officer of the Deputy Governor's Office of the Government of the British Virgin Islands, Nia Douglas-Wheatley, has announced that the Governor of the Virgin Islands, Daniel Pruce, had proclaimed Friday, June 14, 2024, as the date to "be kept as the Sovereign’s Birthday in 2024", in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (CAP. 199). Today's proclamation is a confirmation of last month's gazette entry by the then Acting Governor's of the British Virgin Islands, David D. Archer Jr., of the Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 19 (Appointing The Day To Be Kept As The Sovereigns Birthday In The Year 2024) which specified the date of the 2024 Sovereign's Birthday public holiday in the British Virgin Islands as Friday, June 14, 2024.    

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• Gabon
• Gabon
• Gabon Declares 2024 Aïd el-Fitr Public Holiday On April 10
  Source: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville). Gabon's ministre de l’Emploi, de la Fonction publique et du Travail has issued a communique declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a public holiday in the Gabon, on the account of the upcoming Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday. The aforementioned communique states that "la journée du 10 avril, marquant la fin du Ramadan est fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national" in line with the décret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin 1998, réglementant le régime des jours fériés en République gabonaise et modifié en son article 2 par le décret N° 000484/PR/MTE du 26 mai 2004.    
• Gabon Declares 2024 Aïd el-Fitr Public Holiday On April 10
  Source: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville). Gabon's ministre de l’Emploi, de la Fonction publique et du Travail has issued a communique declaring Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as a public holiday in the Gabon, on the account of the upcoming Aïd el-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday. The aforementioned communique states that "la journée du 10 avril, marquant la fin du Ramadan est fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national" in line with the décret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin 1998, réglementant le régime des jours fériés en République gabonaise et modifié en son article 2 par le décret N° 000484/PR/MTE du 26 mai 2004.    

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• Manipur (MN)
• Manipur (MN)
• Manipur Declares Lok Sabha Public Holidays April 19 and 26
  Source: Government of Manipur (Imphal). The General Administration Department of the Government of India's state of Manipur has announced that it would declare April 19 and 26, 2024, the dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as public holidays "for all public offices, educational institutions, autonomous bodies, etc., and a paid holiday for commercial and private undertakings in the state located within the area of 47 (forty-seven) Assembly segments under one phase of polling in connection with the general elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, 2024, as per Section 135B of the Representations of the People Act, 1951". The declaration of April 19 and 26, 2024, as public holidays thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in Manipur as published in last December's vide notification No.LIB-101/1/2022-GAD-GAD.    
• Manipur Declares Lok Sabha Public Holidays April 19 and 26
  Source: Government of Manipur (Imphal). The General Administration Department of the Government of India's state of Manipur has announced that it would declare April 19 and 26, 2024, the dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as public holidays "for all public offices, educational institutions, autonomous bodies, etc., and a paid holiday for commercial and private undertakings in the state located within the area of 47 (forty-seven) Assembly segments under one phase of polling in connection with the general elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, 2024, as per Section 135B of the Representations of the People Act, 1951". The declaration of April 19 and 26, 2024, as public holidays thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in Manipur as published in last December's vide notification No.LIB-101/1/2022-GAD-GAD.    

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• Solomon Islands
• Solomon Islands
• Solomon Islands Electoral Public Holiday April 17
  Source: Solomon Times (Honiara). The Government of the Solomon Islands has announced that Wednesday, April 17, 2024, would be a one-off public holiday in the Solomon Islands on account of the upcoming National, Provincial and Honiara City Council elections. As per today's publication in the Extra Ordinary Gazette made by the caretaker Minister of Home Affairs, Christopher Laore, "Under section 2 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap. 151), the public is informed that the polling day for the general election, the Provincial Assemblies election and the Honiara City Council election on 17 April 2024 is a public holiday". The date of past national elections was usually also declared as a public holiday in the Solomon Islands, most recently in 2010, 2014, and 2019, as were the dates of most regional by-elections. The aforementioned declaration of Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as a public holiday thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the Solomon Islands, as released by the government of the Solomon Islands, earlier this year.    
• Solomon Islands Electoral Public Holiday April 17
  Source: Solomon Times (Honiara). The Government of the Solomon Islands has announced that Wednesday, April 17, 2024, would be a one-off public holiday in the Solomon Islands on account of the upcoming National, Provincial and Honiara City Council elections. As per today's publication in the Extra Ordinary Gazette made by the caretaker Minister of Home Affairs, Christopher Laore, "Under section 2 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap. 151), the public is informed that the polling day for the general election, the Provincial Assemblies election and the Honiara City Council election on 17 April 2024 is a public holiday". The date of past national elections was usually also declared as a public holiday in the Solomon Islands, most recently in 2010, 2014, and 2019, as were the dates of most regional by-elections. The aforementioned declaration of Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as a public holiday thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the Solomon Islands, as released by the government of the Solomon Islands, earlier this year.    

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• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan Stock Market Half-Day Holiday April 10
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced that it would close at 12:00 noon, local time, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, "in view of the additional half-holiday on account of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year falling on Saturday (April 13)". Note, however, that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, has not been declared a bank holiday by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.    
• Sri Lankan Stock Market Half-Day Holiday April 10
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced that it would close at 12:00 noon, local time, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, "in view of the additional half-holiday on account of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year falling on Saturday (April 13)". Note, however, that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, has not been declared a bank holiday by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.    

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• Togo
• Togo
• Togolese 2024 Aïd al-Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Primature du Togo (Lome). The Union musulmane du Togo (UMT) has announced that the upcoming Aïd al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus fixing the date of the corresponding annual non-working public holiday throughout Togo ("La journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, est déclarée fériée, chômée et payée au Togo en raison de la célébration de la fête de l’Aïd El Fitr").    
• Togolese 2024 Aïd al-Fitr Public Holiday April 10
  Source: Primature du Togo (Lome). The Union musulmane du Togo (UMT) has announced that the upcoming Aïd al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, thus fixing the date of the corresponding annual non-working public holiday throughout Togo ("La journée du mercredi 10 avril 2024, est déclarée fériée, chômée et payée au Togo en raison de la célébration de la fête de l’Aïd El Fitr").    

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• UAE (United Arab Emirates)
• UAE (United Arab Emirates)
• UAE April 12 Eid Al Fitr Private Sector Holiday Confirmed
  Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). Earlier tonight, the UAE's moon sighting committee confirmed that the Shawwal Moon had not been sighted, therefore making tomorrow Ramadan 30. Earlier this month, the UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) had announced Eid al-Fitr private sector public holidays beginning on Ramadan 29 (April 8) and lasting until the 3rd day of Shawwal, which has now been confirmed as Friday, April 12, 2024. Therefore, those in the UAE's private sector that get Saturday and Sunday off, will have had the same 9-day period of Eid Al Fitr public holidays as the public sector, namely April 6 to 14, inclusively. Recall that, since January 1, 2022, the UAE observes a Saturday-Sunday weekend "to better align its economy with global markets".    
• UAE April 12 Eid Al Fitr Private Sector Holiday Confirmed
  Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). Earlier tonight, the UAE's moon sighting committee confirmed that the Shawwal Moon had not been sighted, therefore making tomorrow Ramadan 30. Earlier this month, the UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) had announced Eid al-Fitr private sector public holidays beginning on Ramadan 29 (April 8) and lasting until the 3rd day of Shawwal, which has now been confirmed as Friday, April 12, 2024. Therefore, those in the UAE's private sector that get Saturday and Sunday off, will have had the same 9-day period of Eid Al Fitr public holidays as the public sector, namely April 6 to 14, inclusively. Recall that, since January 1, 2022, the UAE observes a Saturday-Sunday weekend "to better align its economy with global markets".    

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• Vietnam
• Vietnam
• Vietnam Extended April-May Public Holidays Approved By Two More Ministries
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Transport and its Ministry of Information and Communications have sent letter to the dispatch to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), supporting its recent proposal to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. On Saturday, the Ministry of Home Affairs had already indicated its support for MOLISA's proposal but, the opinions from all 16 ministries and branches had been sought initially.    
• Vietnam Extended April-May Public Holidays Approved By Two More Ministries
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Transport and its Ministry of Information and Communications have sent letter to the dispatch to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), supporting its recent proposal to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. On Saturday, the Ministry of Home Affairs had already indicated its support for MOLISA's proposal but, the opinions from all 16 ministries and branches had been sought initially.    

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• Yemen
• Yemen
• Yemeni Eid al-Fitr April 10
  Source: Yemen News Agency (SABA). The Sanaa-based Dar Al-Iftaa has announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, would be the first day of Eid Al Fitr in Yemen, as the crescent Moon was not spotted earlier tonight. As per the aforementioned announcement by the committee in charge of investigating the sighting of the Shawwal crescent, the month of Ramadan will therefore last 30 days.    
• Yemeni Eid al-Fitr April 10
  Source: Yemen News Agency (SABA). The Sanaa-based Dar Al-Iftaa has announced that Wednesday, April 10, 2024, would be the first day of Eid Al Fitr in Yemen, as the crescent Moon was not spotted earlier tonight. As per the aforementioned announcement by the committee in charge of investigating the sighting of the Shawwal crescent, the month of Ramadan will therefore last 30 days.    

April 7, 2024

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• Bahrain
• Bahrain
• Bahrain Announces Eid Al Fitr 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Bahrain News Agency (BNA). Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has issued a circular announcing the dates of the upcoming public holidays in Bahrain on account of the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr public holidays. As per the aforementioned statement, "the Kingdom's ministries and public institutions will close on the day of Eid Al-Fitr and the two days that follow" going on to specify that "If any of the Eid days coincides with an official holiday, an extra day will be given in lieu". Our forecast is that the day of Eid Al-Fitr will be Wednesday, April 10, 2024, meaning that the second of the 2 following days will be a Friday, leading to a day in lieu public sector holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Recall that, since September 2006, the weekend in Bahrain is Friday-Saturday.    
• Bahrain Announces Eid Al Fitr 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Bahrain News Agency (BNA). Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has issued a circular announcing the dates of the upcoming public holidays in Bahrain on account of the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr public holidays. As per the aforementioned statement, "the Kingdom's ministries and public institutions will close on the day of Eid Al-Fitr and the two days that follow" going on to specify that "If any of the Eid days coincides with an official holiday, an extra day will be given in lieu". Our forecast is that the day of Eid Al-Fitr will be Wednesday, April 10, 2024, meaning that the second of the 2 following days will be a Friday, leading to a day in lieu public sector holiday on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Recall that, since September 2006, the weekend in Bahrain is Friday-Saturday.    

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• Canada
• Canada
• Canada 2025 Bank Holidays Updated
  Source: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada (Ottawa). The Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank, has released an updated version of its previously-released list of 2024-2025 bank holidays in Canada, including later dates in 2025.    
• Canada 2025 Bank Holidays Updated
  Source: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada (Ottawa). The Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank, has released an updated version of its previously-released list of 2024-2025 bank holidays in Canada, including later dates in 2025.    

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• Guinea
• Guinea
• Guinea Conakry Declares Additional Laylat Al Qadr Public Holiday
  Source: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (Conakry). Guinea Conakry's Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique, Faya François Bourouno, has issued a communique declaring an exceptional public holiday in Guinea Conakry tomorrow on account of the Laylat Al Qadr falling on a Sunday in 2024. The salient part of the aforementioned communique reads as follows, "A l’occasion de la commémoration de Laylat Al Qadr, le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique porte à la connaissance des Travailleuses, Travailleurs et Agents des secteurs public, mixte et privé, que la journée du Lundi 8 avril 2024, est exceptionnellement déclarée fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.".    
• Guinea Conakry Declares Additional Laylat Al Qadr Public Holiday
  Source: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (Conakry). Guinea Conakry's Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique, Faya François Bourouno, has issued a communique declaring an exceptional public holiday in Guinea Conakry tomorrow on account of the Laylat Al Qadr falling on a Sunday in 2024. The salient part of the aforementioned communique reads as follows, "A l’occasion de la commémoration de Laylat Al Qadr, le Ministre du Travail et de la Fonction Publique porte à la connaissance des Travailleuses, Travailleurs et Agents des secteurs public, mixte et privé, que la journée du Lundi 8 avril 2024, est exceptionnellement déclarée fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.".    

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• Iraq
• Iraq
• Iraq Declares Extended 2024 Eid Al-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Al Sumaria News (Baghdad). The Iraqi Government has announced that its Cabinet had declared a period of 6 days of official public holidays for the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), beginning on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.    
• Iraq Declares Extended 2024 Eid Al-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Al Sumaria News (Baghdad). The Iraqi Government has announced that its Cabinet had declared a period of 6 days of official public holidays for the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), beginning on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.    

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• Nigeria
• Nigeria
• Nigeria Announces 2024 Eid-il-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja). Earlier tonight, the Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, issued a communique, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, announcing that the Nigerian Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as non-working public holidays "to mark the Islamic festival [of] Eid-el-Fitr".    
• Nigeria Announces 2024 Eid-il-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja). Earlier tonight, the Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, issued a communique, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, announcing that the Nigerian Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as non-working public holidays "to mark the Islamic festival [of] Eid-el-Fitr".    

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• Qatar
• Qatar
• Qatar's Central Bank Announces 2024 Eid Al Fitr Bank Holidays
  Source: Qatar Central Bank (QCB). Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) has announced the bank holidays to be observed on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) for all financial institutions in Qatar. As per the official announcement, Qatari financial institutions will be on holidays from Tuesday to Saturday, April 9 to 13, 2024, inclusively, with the added specification that "all financial institutions will resume operations on Sunday, April 14, 2024". As usual, these bank holidays apply to the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), as well as all banks and financial institutions operating under the control of the QCB, Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) and Qatar securities company (QSC). Note that, since 2000, the weekends in Qatar are Fridays and Saturdays.    
• Qatar's Central Bank Announces 2024 Eid Al Fitr Bank Holidays
  Source: Qatar Central Bank (QCB). Qatar's Central Bank (QCB) has announced the bank holidays to be observed on account of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) for all financial institutions in Qatar. As per the official announcement, Qatari financial institutions will be on holidays from Tuesday to Saturday, April 9 to 13, 2024, inclusively, with the added specification that "all financial institutions will resume operations on Sunday, April 14, 2024". As usual, these bank holidays apply to the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), as well as all banks and financial institutions operating under the control of the QCB, Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) and Qatar securities company (QSC). Note that, since 2000, the weekends in Qatar are Fridays and Saturdays.    

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• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan April 15 Additional Public Holiday Not Decided Yet
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, has declared that no decision had yet been taken as regards the possible declaration of Monday, April 15, 2024, as an additional public holiday, on account of the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holiday with the weekend. As per Minister Minister's statement, he "will discuss the matter with the ministers and President at the [next] Cabinet meeting". Recall that, in 2022, Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, were declared as one-off as public holidays to link the weekend with the subsequent annual Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays. And, over the years, April 15 has often been declared a one-off public holiday in Sri Lanka. Most recently, this was the case in 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011. And in 2008, April 14 was declared a one-off public holiday as Sinhala and Tamil New Year fell on Sunday, April 13th, that year.    
• Sri Lankan April 15 Additional Public Holiday Not Decided Yet
  Source: Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs (Colombo). Sri Lanka's Home Affairs State Minister, Ashoka Priyantha, has declared that no decision had yet been taken as regards the possible declaration of Monday, April 15, 2024, as an additional public holiday, on account of the overlap of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holiday with the weekend. As per Minister Minister's statement, he "will discuss the matter with the ministers and President at the [next] Cabinet meeting". Recall that, in 2022, Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, were declared as one-off as public holidays to link the weekend with the subsequent annual Sinhala and Tamil New Year public holidays. And, over the years, April 15 has often been declared a one-off public holiday in Sri Lanka. Most recently, this was the case in 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2011. And in 2008, April 14 was declared a one-off public holiday as Sinhala and Tamil New Year fell on Sunday, April 13th, that year.    

April 6, 2024

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• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Announces Extended NOAB Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Earlier today, at the request of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) announced that it had decided to declare a special holiday on April 13, a day before Pahela Baishakh, meaning that journalists and officials working in newspapers in Bangladesh have now been granted a six-day holiday on the occasion of this year's Eid-ul-Fitr. As per the aforementioned announcement, members of the printed news media will be on public holidays from April 9 to 14, 2024, inclusively, meaning that no newspapers will be published from April 10-15, 2024, inclusively.    
• Bangladesh Announces Extended NOAB Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Earlier today, at the request of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) announced that it had decided to declare a special holiday on April 13, a day before Pahela Baishakh, meaning that journalists and officials working in newspapers in Bangladesh have now been granted a six-day holiday on the occasion of this year's Eid-ul-Fitr. As per the aforementioned announcement, members of the printed news media will be on public holidays from April 9 to 14, 2024, inclusively, meaning that no newspapers will be published from April 10-15, 2024, inclusively.    

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• Goa (GA)
• Goa (GA)
• Goa Declares May 7 Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Goa (Panaji). The government of the Indian State of Goa has issued a vide notification declaring Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Goa, as a public holiday "applicable to industry employees, daily wage workers, corporate staff, private establishment workers, and casual workers", adding that "The public holiday shall be applicable to the registered voters of the poll-bound areas even if they are working outside the territorial limits of such areas". The aforementioned notification thus partially amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the state of Goa as published last October in the vide notification No. 37/1/2023-GAD-III/3993.    
• Goa Declares May 7 Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Goa (Panaji). The government of the Indian State of Goa has issued a vide notification declaring Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Goa, as a public holiday "applicable to industry employees, daily wage workers, corporate staff, private establishment workers, and casual workers", adding that "The public holiday shall be applicable to the registered voters of the poll-bound areas even if they are working outside the territorial limits of such areas". The aforementioned notification thus partially amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the state of Goa as published last October in the vide notification No. 37/1/2023-GAD-III/3993.    

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• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan May 2024 Public Holidays Still Uncertain
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). Reponding to question from the media, the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population has stated that no decision had been made as to the possible transfer of one or more May 2024 workdays to a nearby Saturday ("So far there have been no instructions on the transfer"). Currently, the initial list of 2024 public holidays in Kazakhstan released by the Government of Kazakhstan does not include the declaration of any bridge holidays and compensatory working Saturdays, as is customary "in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 85 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for the rational use of working time", and has is widely expected as the Homeland Defender Day and Victory Day public holidays fall on a Tuesday and a Thursday of the same week, respectively, in 2024.    
• Kazakhstan May 2024 Public Holidays Still Uncertain
  Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). Reponding to question from the media, the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population has stated that no decision had been made as to the possible transfer of one or more May 2024 workdays to a nearby Saturday ("So far there have been no instructions on the transfer"). Currently, the initial list of 2024 public holidays in Kazakhstan released by the Government of Kazakhstan does not include the declaration of any bridge holidays and compensatory working Saturdays, as is customary "in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 85 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and for the rational use of working time", and has is widely expected as the Homeland Defender Day and Victory Day public holidays fall on a Tuesday and a Thursday of the same week, respectively, in 2024.    

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• Nepal
• Nepal
• Nepal Declares Ghode Jatra Public Holiday On April 8
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the government of Nepal had declared Monday, April 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the Kathmandu Valley, namely the three districts of Kathmandu Federal Capital, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, on account of Ghode Jatra, also known as the Horse Racing Day, and observed annually on the day of Chaitra Krishna Aunsi. Today's declaration of Monday, April 8, 2024, as a regional public holiday is in line with the gazetted list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year 2081 (April 2024-April 2025), in which the Ghode Jatra public holiday was limited to Kathmandu Valley.    
• Nepal Declares Ghode Jatra Public Holiday On April 8
  Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the government of Nepal had declared Monday, April 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the Kathmandu Valley, namely the three districts of Kathmandu Federal Capital, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, on account of Ghode Jatra, also known as the Horse Racing Day, and observed annually on the day of Chaitra Krishna Aunsi. Today's declaration of Monday, April 8, 2024, as a regional public holiday is in line with the gazetted list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year 2081 (April 2024-April 2025), in which the Ghode Jatra public holiday was limited to Kathmandu Valley.    

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• Vietnam
• Vietnam
• Vietnam MOHA Approves Extending Upcoming Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Home Affairs has given its approval to the suggestion of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. In its written response, the Ministry of Home Affairs laid out the next steps, "We request the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to complete the document and soon submit it to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision, ensuring proactiveness in organizing and arranging the work of the political system, relevant agencies and organizations and people. people.". Note that, in addition to consulting with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs had also asked for opinions from 14 other ministries and branches.    
• Vietnam MOHA Approves Extending Upcoming Public Holidays
  Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hanoi). Vietnam's Ministry of Home Affairs has given its approval to the suggestion of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) to declare Monday, April 29, 2024, as a one-off public holiday to be compensated at a later date, to create a 5-day period of public holidays from April 27 to May 1, 2024. In its written response, the Ministry of Home Affairs laid out the next steps, "We request the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to complete the document and soon submit it to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision, ensuring proactiveness in organizing and arranging the work of the political system, relevant agencies and organizations and people. people.". Note that, in addition to consulting with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs had also asked for opinions from 14 other ministries and branches.    

April 5, 2024

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• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan Announces May 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers (Baku). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Azerbaijan has reminded the population of the non-working public holidays in May 2024. These will be Victory Day over Fascism on May 9 and Independence Day on May 28. Recall that, at a plenary session in October 2021, the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) approved the Law On Independence Day, whereby the May 28, Republic Day public holiday, would henceforth be renamed as Independence Day.    
• Azerbaijan Announces May 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers (Baku). The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Azerbaijan has reminded the population of the non-working public holidays in May 2024. These will be Victory Day over Fascism on May 9 and Independence Day on May 28. Recall that, at a plenary session in October 2021, the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) approved the Law On Independence Day, whereby the May 28, Republic Day public holiday, would henceforth be renamed as Independence Day.    

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• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Lailatul Qadr April 7
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). The government of Bangladesh has announced that the upcoming Lailatul Qadr or Shab-e-Qadr (night of destiny) in Bangladesh would be observed on the evening of Saturday, April 6, 2024, to be followed on the next day by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh. The aforementioned announcement is in line with the official list of 2024 non-working public holidays in Bangladesh, as announced last autumn. Note that that list of 2024 public holidays also listed the Jumatul Bidah public holiday today.    
• Bangladesh Lailatul Qadr April 7
  Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). The government of Bangladesh has announced that the upcoming Lailatul Qadr or Shab-e-Qadr (night of destiny) in Bangladesh would be observed on the evening of Saturday, April 6, 2024, to be followed on the next day by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh. The aforementioned announcement is in line with the official list of 2024 non-working public holidays in Bangladesh, as announced last autumn. Note that that list of 2024 public holidays also listed the Jumatul Bidah public holiday today.    

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• Congo (DRC)
• Congo (DRC)
• DR Congo Declares Kimbangu Public Holiday
  Source: Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa). The ministre de l’emploi, travail et prévoyance sociale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claudine Ndusi M’Kembe, has issued a press communique reminding the public that tomorrow, April 6, 2024, was a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as per the decree of March 30, 2023, signed by President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. As per the aforementioned communique, "Il est porté à la connaissance du public en général, des employeurs et des travailleurs en particulier, qu’en exécution de l’ordonnance n°23/042 du 30 mars 2023 fixant la liste de jours fériés légaux en république démocratique du congo, la journée de samedi 06 avril 2024 dédiée au combat de Simon Kimbangu et à la conscience africaine, est chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.". Recall that, in April 2021, President Tshisekedi Tshilombo had announced that he would ask both chambers of parliament to enact legislation to make April 6 a new annual public holiday to commemorate the founding of Simon Kimbangu's Kimanguiste church. But April 6 was not listed as a public holiday in the subsequent list of 2022 DRC public holidays, though it was, in extremis, in 2023.    
• DR Congo Declares Kimbangu Public Holiday
  Source: Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa). The ministre de l’emploi, travail et prévoyance sociale of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Claudine Ndusi M’Kembe, has issued a press communique reminding the public that tomorrow, April 6, 2024, was a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as per the decree of March 30, 2023, signed by President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. As per the aforementioned communique, "Il est porté à la connaissance du public en général, des employeurs et des travailleurs en particulier, qu’en exécution de l’ordonnance n°23/042 du 30 mars 2023 fixant la liste de jours fériés légaux en république démocratique du congo, la journée de samedi 06 avril 2024 dédiée au combat de Simon Kimbangu et à la conscience africaine, est chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du Territoire National.". Recall that, in April 2021, President Tshisekedi Tshilombo had announced that he would ask both chambers of parliament to enact legislation to make April 6 a new annual public holiday to commemorate the founding of Simon Kimbangu's Kimanguiste church. But April 6 was not listed as a public holiday in the subsequent list of 2022 DRC public holidays, though it was, in extremis, in 2023.    

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• Egypt
• Egypt
• Egyptian Eid Al-Fitr Bank Holidays April 9-14
  Source: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo). The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced that the upcoming Egyptian bank holidays for the Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would run from Tuesday to Sunday, April 9-14, 2024, inclusively, adding that "banks will resume operation on Monday 15 April". The aforementioned period of bank holidays matches the range of dates announced by the Egyptian cabinet, earlier this week, for employees in both the private and public sectors.    
• Egyptian Eid Al-Fitr Bank Holidays April 9-14
  Source: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo). The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced that the upcoming Egyptian bank holidays for the Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would run from Tuesday to Sunday, April 9-14, 2024, inclusively, adding that "banks will resume operation on Monday 15 April". The aforementioned period of bank holidays matches the range of dates announced by the Egyptian cabinet, earlier this week, for employees in both the private and public sectors.    

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• Gujarat (GJ)
• Gujarat (GJ)
• Gujarat Declares May 7 Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Gujarat (Gandhinagar). The government of the Indian State of Gujarat has issued the vide notification No. GS/06/2024/JSR/2024/334/GH declaring Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, as a public holiday. The salient parts of the notification read as follows, "In pursuance of the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881) read with the Notification of Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No. 39/1/68-Judl.III dated the 8th May, 1968 the Government of Gujarat is pleased to declare Tuesday, 07th May, 2024 to be Public Holiday in the State of Gujarat on account of General Election to Lok Sabha and bye election of five Assembly Constituencies.". The aforementioned notification thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the state of Gujarat as published last November in the vide notification No. GS/27/2023 /JSR/102023 /930/GH.    
• Gujarat Declares May 7 Lok Sabha Public Holiday
  Source: Government of Gujarat (Gandhinagar). The government of the Indian State of Gujarat has issued the vide notification No. GS/06/2024/JSR/2024/334/GH declaring Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the date of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, as a public holiday. The salient parts of the notification read as follows, "In pursuance of the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881) read with the Notification of Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No. 39/1/68-Judl.III dated the 8th May, 1968 the Government of Gujarat is pleased to declare Tuesday, 07th May, 2024 to be Public Holiday in the State of Gujarat on account of General Election to Lok Sabha and bye election of five Assembly Constituencies.". The aforementioned notification thus amends the list of 2024 public holidays in the state of Gujarat as published last November in the vide notification No. GS/27/2023 /JSR/102023 /930/GH.    

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• India
• India
• Indian Central Government Declares Lok Sabha Public Holidays
  Source: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (New Delhi). India's Central Government's has issued the DoPT Order F. No.12/1/2022-JCA declaring public holidays for its employees "in connection with the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2024 and General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim and Bye - elections to fill the clear vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States scheduled to be held during April-June, 2024". Recall that, last month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates of the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha elections, in which the 543 members of the Indian lower house of parliament will be elected. These upcoming general elections will follow a seven-phase schedule from April 19 to June 1, 2024, covering 970 million voters, in 28 states and eight union territories, with voting in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, occurring on all 7 phases. Today's order, signed by the Deputy Secretary to Govt. of India, Parveen Jargar, further amends the Department of Personnel and Training’s Office Memorandum No. F.No.12 /2 /2023-JCA (Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024), published last July by India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.    
• Indian Central Government Declares Lok Sabha Public Holidays
  Source: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (New Delhi). India's Central Government's has issued the DoPT Order F. No.12/1/2022-JCA declaring public holidays for its employees "in connection with the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2024 and General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim and Bye - elections to fill the clear vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States scheduled to be held during April-June, 2024". Recall that, last month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates of the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha elections, in which the 543 members of the Indian lower house of parliament will be elected. These upcoming general elections will follow a seven-phase schedule from April 19 to June 1, 2024, covering 970 million voters, in 28 states and eight union territories, with voting in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, occurring on all 7 phases. Today's order, signed by the Deputy Secretary to Govt. of India, Parveen Jargar, further amends the Department of Personnel and Training’s Office Memorandum No. F.No.12 /2 /2023-JCA (Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024), published last July by India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.    

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• Kyrgyzstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kyrgyzstan Reminder That April 8 Is Not A Public Holiday
  Source: Ministry of Labor Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek). The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyzstan has reminded the population that, despite the April 7 April Revolution public holiday falling on a Sunday in 2024, Monday, April 8, 2024, will be a regular working day in Kyrgyzstan ("For employees working on a five-day workweek schedule, April 8 (Monday) is a working day instead of the established day off March 22 (Friday)"). This is to compensate the extension of the 2024 Nooruz public holiday to include Friday, March 22, 2024, as per the December 26, 2023, resolution (для рационального использования выходных и нерабочих праздничных) signed by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Akylbek Zhaparov, which created a period of continuous public holidays in Kyrgyzstan from March 21 to 24, 2024, inclusively. The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration added that the upcoming Orozo Ait (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as announced earlier this month.    
• Kyrgyzstan Reminder That April 8 Is Not A Public Holiday
  Source: Ministry of Labor Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek). The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of Kyrgyzstan has reminded the population that, despite the April 7 April Revolution public holiday falling on a Sunday in 2024, Monday, April 8, 2024, will be a regular working day in Kyrgyzstan ("For employees working on a five-day workweek schedule, April 8 (Monday) is a working day instead of the established day off March 22 (Friday)"). This is to compensate the extension of the 2024 Nooruz public holiday to include Friday, March 22, 2024, as per the December 26, 2023, resolution (для рационального использования выходных и нерабочих праздничных) signed by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Akylbek Zhaparov, which created a period of continuous public holidays in Kyrgyzstan from March 21 to 24, 2024, inclusively. The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration added that the upcoming Orozo Ait (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as announced earlier this month.    

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• Montserrat
• Montserrat
• Montserrat Completes 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Government of Montserrat (Brades). The Government of Montserrat has gazetted the Montserrat statutory Rules And Orders S.R.O. 18 of 2024 (Proclamation Appointing Monday 17 June 2024 A Public Holiday) which announces that the Governor has appointed "Monday 17 June 2024 a public holiday throughout Montserrat for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of His Majesty". Recall that, earlier this year, when Montserrat's Office of the Deputy Governor published the list of 2024 public holidays in Montserrat, it left as To Be Determined the date of the King's Birthday.    
• Montserrat Completes 2024 Public Holidays
  Source: Government of Montserrat (Brades). The Government of Montserrat has gazetted the Montserrat statutory Rules And Orders S.R.O. 18 of 2024 (Proclamation Appointing Monday 17 June 2024 A Public Holiday) which announces that the Governor has appointed "Monday 17 June 2024 a public holiday throughout Montserrat for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of His Majesty". Recall that, earlier this year, when Montserrat's Office of the Deputy Governor published the list of 2024 public holidays in Montserrat, it left as To Be Determined the date of the King's Birthday.    

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• Morocco
• Morocco
• Morocco's CGEM Invites Private Sector To Declare April 12 Public Holiday
  Source: Agence Maroc Arabe Presse (Rabat). The Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) has called on the Moroccan private sector to treat Friday, April 12, 2024, as a public holiday ("considérer la possibilité d'accorder, dans la mesure du possible, à leurs salariés, la journée du 12 avril 2024"). The call from the CGEM comes after the Moroccan government decided to extend the upcoming public holidays for its public sector with the addition of Friday, April 12, 2024, as an additional public sector holiday, should the 1st of Shawwal occur on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as is expected, followed by the Groupement Professionnel des Banques du Maroc (GPBM) which announced that Friday, April 12, 2024, would be a bank holiday in Morocco, also in the event that the first day of Shawwal in Morocco is Wednesday, April 10.    
• Morocco's CGEM Invites Private Sector To Declare April 12 Public Holiday
  Source: Agence Maroc Arabe Presse (Rabat). The Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) has called on the Moroccan private sector to treat Friday, April 12, 2024, as a public holiday ("considérer la possibilité d'accorder, dans la mesure du possible, à leurs salariés, la journée du 12 avril 2024"). The call from the CGEM comes after the Moroccan government decided to extend the upcoming public holidays for its public sector with the addition of Friday, April 12, 2024, as an additional public sector holiday, should the 1st of Shawwal occur on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as is expected, followed by the Groupement Professionnel des Banques du Maroc (GPBM) which announced that Friday, April 12, 2024, would be a bank holiday in Morocco, also in the event that the first day of Shawwal in Morocco is Wednesday, April 10.    

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• Pakistan
• Pakistan
• Balochistan and Punjab Declare Eid Public Holidays
  Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad). The Services and General Administration Department (SGAD) of Pakistan's Province