The Eid holidays began on 17 March and will continue until 23 March.

Though a seven-day public holiday began today (17 March) to mark Eid-ul-Fitr, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman attended office at the Secretariat and continued his official work.

The prime minister arrived at his office at around 11am, said his Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon.

"The Eid holidays have started, but he is continuing his official work," he said.

He said the prime minister's schedule for the day includes a cabinet meeting while several meetings were held earlier in the day.

Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani and Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar received the prime minister when he arrived at the Secretariat.

Present at the meeting were Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, and Food Minister Amin-ur-Rashid Yasin; State Minister Sultan Salahuddin Tuku; Adviser on Finance and Planning Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir; State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam; Adviser on Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Science and Technology Rehan Asif Asad, along with officials from the relevant ministries.

The Eid holidays began on 17 March and will continue until 23 March

The Ministry of Public Administration earlier fixed a five-day holiday from 19 to 23 March.

19 and 20 March before Eid and 22 and 23 March after Eid were declared holidays by an executive order.

To ease Eid travel, the government also declared 18 March a holiday, making it a continuous seven-day break along with the Shab-e-Qadr holiday on 17 March.

On Monday, the prime minister inaugurated a nationwide canal excavation and re-excavation programme by cutting soil with a spade at the Sahapara canal in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur.