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Jahangirnagar University Classes to Remain Suspended for 10 Consecutive Days for Durga Puja
Translated by Desk Report
Jahangirnagar University (JU) will suspend regular classes for 10 consecutive days, including weekly holidays, on the occasion of Durga Puja and Lakshmi Puja.
The holiday schedule was announced in a notice signed by the university’s acting registrar, Dr A B M Azizur Rahman, on Tuesday (13 October 2026).
According to the notice, regular classes will remain suspended from 18 to 25 October. With the preceding weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday, 16 and 17 October, students will have a continuous 10-day break.
Administrative offices will remain closed from 20 to 22 October for Durga Puja and on 25 October for Lakshmi Puja. Including the weekly holidays on 23 and 24 October, offices will remain closed for six consecutive days.
Classes under the university’s weekend and evening programmes will also be suspended on 17, 23 and 24 October.
However, all university offices will remain open on Saturday, 17 October, as a special working day under government instructions to adjust the holiday schedule.
The announcement has brought a holiday atmosphere to the campus, with students in residential halls beginning preparations to return home.
According to university sources, essential services, including security, medical care and water supply, will continue throughout the holiday period.
