Weekly holiday
I like to draw the attention of the Chief Adviser Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed regarding the above mentioned issue. Recently it has been covered in different newspapers that the present government is considering to cancel present weekly holidays and reintroduce one day weekly holiday. It has been reported that the one-day weekly holiday would be observed on Sundays, instead of Fridays and Saturdays, to be in touch with the western world. I like to inform the present government that those of us who are doing private service, two-day weekly holiday gives us an opportunity to get some relief and do some social and family activities. I believe one-day weekly holiday will definitely increase the productivity of some companies but the monetary impact will be enjoyed only by the owners of those companies and not by the common people.
If we look at other western countries like UK, USA and even India, they enjoy two-day weekly holiday. So, are they going backward? I also like to request the caretaker government not to cancel the weekly holiday on Friday as some people get the chance to go to mosques only on that day, as that is the “Jumma Prayer Day”.
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