Public Holidays in Bangladesh 1973

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 1973. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 1973 are Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, January 16), Ashura (Thursday, February 15), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Wednesday, February 21), Independence Day (Monday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Saturday, April 14), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Tuesday, April 17), May Day (Tuesday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Thursday, May 17), Janmashtami (Tuesday, August 21), Shab-e-Barat (Friday, September 14), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Friday, October 5), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Saturday, October 6), Shab-e-Qadr (Thursday, October 25), Eid ul-Fitr (Monday, October 29), Victory Day (Sunday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Tuesday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 1973: Feb 15–Feb 17 (3 days, Ashura); May 17–May 19 (3 days, Buddha Purnima); Oct 25–Oct 27 (3 days, Shab-e-Qadr); Dec 14–Dec 16 (3 days, Victory 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.