The Government of Ghana has declared Monday March 6th 2023 as a statutory public holiday. The holiday marks Ghana’s 66th Independence Day anniversary. This is contained in a press statement signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery. “The general public is hereby informed that Monday, 6th March, 2023 which marks Independence Day, is a Statutory Public Holiday […]
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) publishes a bank holiday calendar every year. This calendar states banks in which states will be closed on particular dates. The RBI decides bank holidays in four categories: Negotiable Instruments Act, Holidays, Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday, and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. Besides some national holidays, there are certain state-specific […]
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The federal government of Pakistan has released a list of the public and optional holidays for 2023. An official notification was also issued by the Cabinet Division. A total of 15 public holidays are included for the general public. It starts with Kashmir Day. The holidays include February 5 (Kashmir Solidarity Day), March 23 (Pakistan […]
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The UAE Cabinet has announced the dates of the country’s holidays for the public and private sectors in 2023. The country’s residents are in for multiple long breaks next year, including a six-day break. In the UAE, a unified list for the public and private sectors ensures employees get equal number of days off. Holidays for 2023 […]
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The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has released the list of holidays in 2023 for the scheduled banks in the country in line with the holiday list published by the public administration ministry. On Sunday November 13th 2022, Bangladesh Bank’s Department of Offsite Supervision sent an instruction regarding this to the chief executives of all banks. The […]
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An additional Bank holiday has been proclaimed in honour of the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III The British Prime Minister has decided to proclaim an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III next year. The bank holiday will fall on Monday May 8th 2023, following the Coronation […]
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The cabinet of the Bangladeshi government on Monday approved the proposed list of 22 holidays for the 2023 calendar year. Eight holidays will coincide with weekends (Fridays and Saturdays). The approval came from the regular cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her office. There will be 14 general holidays and the remaining […]
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Following the announcement by the Singapore Buddhist Federation on the revised date for Vesak Day in 2023, Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower has gazetted Friday June 2nd 2023 as the new public holiday for Vesak Day. Public Holidays in Singapore 2023
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There will be six long weekends next year, one more than the five in 2022, the Ministry of Manpower has announced in its release on gazetted public holidays. Seven of the 11 public holidays fall on a Friday, Sunday or Monday. As New Year’s Day and Deepavali fall on a Sunday, the following Monday will […]
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