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Bank and Public Holidays for Bangladesh

Bangladesh bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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02 May 2012 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) The government of Bangladesh has announced that the date for the upcoming Buddha Purnima non-working public holiday had been changed from the previously-announced date of Monday, June 4, 2012, to Sunday, May 6, 2012. • 17 Mar 2012 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) Following this week favourable ruling by the International Tribunal for Law of the Seas (ITLOS) a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League has called on the government of Bangladesh to declare a one-off non-working public holiday. • 25 Jan 2012 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) The vice president of Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Secretary, Kazi Habibul Awal, has announced that the moon of the month of Rabiul Awal Hijri 1433 had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky yesterday and that the Eid-e-Miladunnabi (birthday of the Prophet Mohammad), would be observed on Sunday, February 5, 2012. • 15 Jan 2012 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) The government of Bangladesh has declared a one-off regional non-working public holiday in the Narsingdi Pourasava areas on account of the upcoming mayoral and councillors' elections on Thursday, January 19, 2012. • 01 Jan 2012 (Ministry of Public Administration, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh-Dhaka) Bangladesh's government has released the list of official public holidays for the calendar year 2012, as approved at the latest Cabinet meeting. • 29 Dec 2011 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) The government of Bangladesh has declared a one-off regional non-working public holiday in Comilla City Corporation (CCC) areas on account of the upcoming mayoral election on Thursday, January 5, 2012. • 26 Nov 2011 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it had sighted the New Moon crescent last night and, therefore, that the upcoming Ashura, and related public holiday, would be observed across the country on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. • 29 Oct 2011 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it had sighted the New Moon crescent last night and, therefore, that the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, and related public holidays, would be observed across the country based on the date of Monday, November 7, 2011. • 13 Oct 2011 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) Bangladesh's religious affairs state minister, Shahjahan Miah, has announced that the date of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice) would in all likelihood occur on November 7, 2011. • 28 Aug 2011 (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS) The Government of Bangladesh is asking for input from all its ministries and divisions on its proposed "'Public Holiday Announcement Bill, 2011" which would legislate the annual declaration of public holidays for government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organizations. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bangladesh public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Bangladesh are regulated by the East Bengal Shops and Establishments Act of 1951, and the Factories Act of 1965. The actual dates are gazetted by the government every year with additional decrees added throughout the year. • Currently, in Bangladesh, the weekend is Friday and Saturday, although there have been repeated requests by the business community to align the Bangladesh weekend with the rest of the world . • The Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist communities are each entitled to additional optional public holidays depending on their religion . • The Muslim Community enjoys 5 days of optional public holidays: 4th day of Eid-ul-Azha Akheri Chahar Somba Fateha-i-Yajdaham Shab-e-Meraj 4th day of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr • The Hindu Community enjoys 7 days of optional public holidays: Sri Panchomi (Swarashwati Puja) Shibratri Doljattra Mohalaya Durgapuja (Saptami) Laksmi puja Sri Shayama Puja • The Christian Community enjoys 8 days of optional public holidays: New Year's Day Ash Wednesday Maundy Thursday Holy Saturday Easter Easter Monday Christmas Eve Boxing Day • The Buddhist Community enjoys 5 days of optional public holidays: Maghi Purnima Chaitra Sangkranti Ashari Purnima Modhu Purnima (Bhadra Purnima) Prabarana Purnima (Ashini Purnima) • National Revolution and Solidarity Day: The day was observed as National Revolution and Solidarity Day at state-level from 1976 to 1995. Coming to power in 1995, the then Awami League government stopped the practice during its tenure. After coming back to power in 2001, the BNP-led four-party coalition government resumed the practice. • August 15 is a public holiday to mark the death of the country's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This annual public holiday was canceled in 2002 by the government of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, after she won a 2001 election by defeating Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina, another former prime minister, who had introduced August 15 as public holiday to mourn her father after she won power in a 1996 election. The August 15 public holiday was restored again by a decision of the High Court, in July 2008. • Shaheed Day, on February 21, is also known as the Bangla Language Martyrs' Day, and was declared in 2000, by the UNESCO, as the International Mother Language Day . • Jumatul Wida is technically only observed by Muslims, however, with 83 percent of the population being Muslim, this can be treated as a national public holiday for all intents and purposes. • Bangladesh International Codes BD and BGD (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .bd (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bangladesh information and news: Bangladesh Bank (Bangladesh central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bangladesh maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Bangladesh), and Wikipedia (includes Bangladesh commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bangladesh, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Bangladesh that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bangladesh were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bangladesh, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Bangladesh, before planning any trip to Bangladesh. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.