Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2026

There are 17 Bangladesh public holidays in 2026. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2026 are Shab-e-Barat (Wednesday, February 4), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Saturday, February 21), Shab-e-Qadr (Tuesday, March 17), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, March 21), Independence Day (Thursday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Tuesday, April 14), May Day (Friday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Friday, May 1), Eid ul-Adha (Thursday, May 28), Ashura (Friday, June 26), July Mass Uprising Day (Wednesday, August 5), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Wednesday, August 26), Janmashtami (Friday, September 4), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Monday, October 19), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Tuesday, October 20), National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Saturday, November 7), Victory Day (Wednesday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Friday, December 25).

The next holiday is Victory Day on Wednesday, December 16, 2026, in 35 days.

There are 2 long weekends of three days or more in 2026: Mar 26–Mar 28 (3 days, Independence Day); May 28–May 30 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha).

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

General holidays and holidays by executive order, including the extra days around Eid, from the government holiday list (2027 gazette of 5 November 2026). Islamic and Hindu dates for years without a list yet are estimated, and Islamic ones depend on the moon sighting. Chaitra Sankranti is a holiday only in the Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban hill districts.

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.