National holidays
We have enough of national holidays along with hartals which are unwarranted national holidays for which we citizens did not bargain for in our constitution. It is good that we have got rid of innumerable national holidays which we used to enjoy in our childhood in memory of our great leaders. I do not still understand why we used to have those holidays when those great leaders worked hard for the whole of their lives to deliver us a better life. Although I do not think economic freedom of a nation is everything, yet it is required to guarantee safeguard of other freedoms to some extent. I do not find any justification behind such long national holidays for Eids and Pujas. In Europe and America where the countries are developed and can afford to take their pace slowing down and where the Muslims form in many countries well over 10% of the population, we do not see Eids as national holidays.
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