Public Holidays in Bangladesh 1988

There are 15 Bangladesh public holidays in 1988. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 106 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 1988 are Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Sunday, February 21), Independence Day (Saturday, March 26), Shab-e-Barat (Sunday, April 3), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Thursday, April 14), May Day (Sunday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Sunday, May 1), Shab-e-Qadr (Sunday, May 15), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, May 18), Eid ul-Adha (Monday, July 25), Ashura (Wednesday, August 24), Janmashtami (Saturday, September 3), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Wednesday, October 19), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Thursday, October 20), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Tuesday, October 25), Victory Day (Friday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 1988: Feb 19–Feb 21 (3 days, Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day); Apr 1–Apr 3 (3 days, Shab-e-Barat); Apr 14–Apr 16 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, May Day); May 13–May 15 (3 days, Shab-e-Qadr); Oct 19–Oct 22 (4 days, Durga Puja (Nabami), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami)); 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.