Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2016

There are 10 Bangladesh public holidays in 2016. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 106 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2016 are Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Sunday, February 21), Independence Day (Saturday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Thursday, April 14), May Day (Sunday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, July 6), Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, September 11), Ashura (Tuesday, October 11), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Sunday, December 11), Victory Day (Friday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 2016: Feb 19–Feb 21 (3 days, Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day); Apr 14–Apr 16 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, May Day); Sep 9–Sep 11 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha); Dec 9–Dec 11 (3 days, Eid-e-Miladunnabi); Dec 23–Dec 25 (3 days, Christmas Day).

The weekend in Bangladesh is Friday and Saturday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Main public holidays. Holidays set by the Bengali and Hindu lunar calendars, such as Durga Puja and Buddha Purnima, and the extra days the government adds around Eid are announced each year.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.