Public Holidays in Bangladesh 1949

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 1949. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 1949 are Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Thursday, January 13), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Monday, February 21), Independence Day (Saturday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Thursday, April 14), May Day (Sunday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Thursday, May 12), Shab-e-Barat (Monday, June 13), Shab-e-Qadr (Sunday, July 24), Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, July 28), Janmashtami (Wednesday, August 17), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Friday, September 30), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Saturday, October 1), Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, October 4), Ashura (Wednesday, November 2), Victory Day (Friday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 1949: Jan 13–Jan 15 (3 days, Eid-e-Miladunnabi); Apr 14–Apr 16 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, May Day); May 12–May 14 (3 days, Buddha Purnima); Jul 22–Jul 24 (3 days, Shab-e-Qadr); Jul 28–Jul 30 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr); 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.

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.