Dhaka city still in holiday mood
Thin presence at offices
A bustling Dhaka city is still to get its usual look though the city dwellers have started returning to the capital after a one-week Eid vacation.
Most of the shopping malls, business centres, schools, colleges and universities did not re-open and may take a few more days to resume activities.
The government, semi-government, and private offices, including banks and financial institutions, opened yesterday but there was a low presence of staff.
The scene was no different in the Dhaka courts as well.
This Eid the weeklong holiday began with National Mourning Day on August 15, followed by the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr and a two-day weekend.
Many others who took a leave of two more days on August 22 and 23 will join their offices on August 26, as Friday and Saturday are weekly holidays.
People's presence at the secretariat, the administrative hub of the country, was also very thin yesterday. More than half of the officers and employees have yet to return.
Festive mood was prevailing at most of the offices. Officials and staff were seen exchanging Eid greetings with colleagues by embracing each other.
There was low traffic on the unusually empty city streets. Unlike the other days, the public buses were running across the capital with a few passengers, as most of the city dwellers are still out of Dhaka.
The amusement parks were packed with visitors as a huge number of city dwellers went there with their family members to spend the holidays.
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