Public Holidays in Bangladesh 1996

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 1996. 14 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 1996 are Shab-e-Barat (Sunday, January 7), Shab-e-Qadr (Sunday, February 18), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Wednesday, February 21), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, February 21), Independence Day (Tuesday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Sunday, April 14), Eid ul-Adha (Monday, April 29), May Day (Wednesday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Friday, May 3), Ashura (Wednesday, May 29), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Monday, July 29), Janmashtami (Thursday, September 5), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Sunday, October 20), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Monday, October 21), Victory Day (Monday, December 16), Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) and Shab-e-Barat (Friday, December 27).

There are 5 long weekends of three days or more in 1996: Jan 5–Jan 7 (3 days, Shab-e-Barat); Feb 16–Feb 18 (3 days, Shab-e-Qadr); Apr 12–Apr 14 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Sep 5–Sep 7 (3 days, Janmashtami); Oct 18–Oct 21 (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.