Dhaka: The nine-day holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr ends on Saturday. People started returning to their working places after celebrating the Muslim festival.

The offices and shopping centres remained closed for the last day on Saturday after one of the biggest religious festival of the Muslims celebrated on Thursday.

People started returning to Dhaka as the offices will reopen on Sunday after a long holiday. Train stations and bus terminals started becoming live again with the return of the home-goers.

On Saturday, the streets in Dhaka witnessed thin traffic though the service-holders started returning to the two cities of Dhaka after celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr with their dear and near ones.

July 4 was the only workday between the Eid holidays and the declaration of the day as a public holiday paved the way for a nine-day vacation starting from July 1. However, the government employees will have to make up for July 4 by attending offices on July 16 (Saturday).

The first two days of July were weekend and July 3 was another holiday for Shab-e-Qadr. The next three days were the official holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr followed by weekly holidays on July 8 and 9.

The buzzing city life became calm as thousands of people left for their village homes to celebrate religious festivals with near and dear ones, taking the advantage of long vacation from July 1 to July 9.

The Eid zest and pleasure continued in two cities of Dhaka and across the country for the third day on Saturday. There was blissful presence of visitors at recreational centres in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

City roads took a deserted look in the morning. But thousands of people, especially children, poured in and around the parks, historic places and other recreation centres in the afternoon.

The Shishu Park at Shahbagh, National Zoo at Mirpur, Hatirjheel, Botanical Garden, Baldha Garden, Shishu Mela at Shyamoli, Bangabandhu Planetarium, Chandrima Udyan and other places of recreation in two cities of Dhaka experienced huge crowds.

Children, young boys and girls, wearing colourful dresses, gathered at the places of recreation where small makeshift shops were set up to sell different foods and toys.