Public Holidays in Bangladesh 1940

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 1940. 15 of them fall on working days, which leaves 247 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 1940 are Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, January 21), Ashura (Tuesday, February 20), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Wednesday, February 21), Independence Day (Tuesday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Sunday, April 14), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Sunday, April 21), May Day (Wednesday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Tuesday, May 21), Janmashtami (Monday, August 26), Shab-e-Barat (Thursday, September 19), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Wednesday, October 9), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Thursday, October 10), Shab-e-Qadr (Wednesday, October 30), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, November 2), Victory Day (Monday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25).

There are 5 long weekends of three days or more in 1940: Jan 19–Jan 21 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha); Apr 12–Apr 14 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Apr 19–Apr 21 (3 days, Eid-e-Miladunnabi); Sep 19–Sep 21 (3 days, Shab-e-Barat); Oct 9–Oct 12 (4 days, Durga Puja (Nabami), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami)).

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.