Bangladesh's government had declared Sunday, January 5, 2014, as an official non-working public holiday in Bangladesh for the 10th Parliamentary Elections (2013-12-31), and five years before (2008-12-19), the date of the 9th Parliamentary Elections had also been declared an official non-working public holiday in Bangladesh.
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