Popular: Eid al-Fitr on 21 March 2026 as Government Prepares WFH Scheme

Jakarta - Several featured news items for Friday to follow: The government sets Eid al-Fitr to fall on Saturday, 21 March 2026, as it prepares a work-from-home scheme to mitigate the impact of rising oil prices. Here are those news items: 1. Government sets Eid al-Fitr to fall on Saturday, 21 March 2026 The government, through the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) of the Republic of Indonesia, has officially set the Eid al-Fitr holiday for 1 Syawal 1447 Hijriah to fall on Saturday, 21 March 2026. The Minister of Religious Affairs explained that the decision was made following the results of the hilal sighting conducted by the Kemenag’s Hisab Rukyat Team, which indicated that the height of the crescent moon across all regions of Indonesia did not meet the criteria set by the Ministers of Religious Affairs of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore (MABIMS). Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa will set the percentage of budget expenditure cuts for ministries and agencies directly as an efficiency measure for the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) amid increasing global economic uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. President Prabowo Subianto stated that the acid attack case against KontraS activist Andrie Yunus is a serious criminal act classified as terrorism and must be investigated to uncover the masterminds behind the incident. President Prabowo Subianto received the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Thursday afternoon, attended by House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani and Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto stated that the government is preparing a flexible work scheme in the form of work from home (WFH) as a response to the rise in oil prices.