Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-Share trading and official activities at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will remain closed for nine days from October 3 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha including weekly holidays, officials said.

The decision was taken at a DSE board meeting held on Wednesday at the DSE board room presided over by its Chairman Justice Siddiqur Rahman Miah, said a DSE press statement.

According to the DSE statement, the Eid vacation will begin from October 5 and continue till October 9.

But October 3, 4, 10 and 11 are weekends, which mean the total vacation will be for nine days.

Trading and official activities will also remain closed at the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) during these holidays, said a CSE official.

The activities will resume from October 12, said the statement.

BBN/BB/AD-12Sept14-10:00am (BST)