{"id":430939,"date":"2026-06-07T19:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430939"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:27:34","slug":"govt-denies-reports-of-scrapping-sunday-as-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/06\/07\/430939.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt denies reports of scrapping Sunday as public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu<\/strong>: The government has clarified that reports claiming it is preparing to cancel Sunday as a public holiday are utterly false. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PM-Office.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PM-Office.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PM-Office-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/PM-Office-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">File Photo <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The clarification comes after several media outlets reported that the government is considering revoking the two-day weekend system (Saturday and Sunday) that is currently in place across the country for some months now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the matter, Deepa Dahal, Press and Research Adviser to the Prime Minister, stated that the reports are inaccurate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The government has not made any decision regarding the cancellation of Sunday as a holiday, nor is there any preparation underway on this issue at present,&#8221; Dahal clarified. The incumbent government introduced the two-day weekend following a cabinet decision on April 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The step was taken as an austerity measure in the wake of the West Asia conflict leading to rising fuel prices and broader economic pressures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the decision, Saturday and Sunday were designated as public holidays across public offices and educational institutions, while government office hours were adjusted to run from 9 am to 5 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clarification comes after several media outlets reported that the government is considering revoking the two-day weekend system (Saturday and Sunday) that is currently in place across the country for some months now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":430791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430940,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430939\/revisions\/430940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430939"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}