Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2025

There are 11 Bangladesh public holidays in 2025. 8 of them fall on working days, which leaves 253 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2025 are Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Friday, February 21), Independence Day (Wednesday, March 26), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, March 30), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Monday, April 14), May Day (Thursday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, June 6), Ashura (Saturday, July 5), July Mass Uprising Day (Tuesday, August 5), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Thursday, September 4), Victory Day (Tuesday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2025: Mar 28–Mar 30 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr); May 1–May 3 (3 days, May Day); Sep 4–Sep 6 (3 days, Eid-e-Miladunnabi); Dec 25–Dec 27 (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.