Nepal, March 3 -- The government published the list of public holidays for the year 2082 BS in the official gazette. In addition, the law grants government employees separate leave. If we include public holidays, festival holidays, Saturday holidays, birthday holidays, special holidays decided by the Council of Ministers, and separate holidays provided by provincial and local governments, government employees do not have to report to their respective offices for at least 140 days in a year.

The notice published in the official gazette last Thursday states that from Baishakh 1 (mid-April 2025) to the end of Chaitra (mid-April, 2026), the year will have 28 public holidays, excluding Saturdays, with holidays provided to all castes, religion...