Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2009

There are 17 Bangladesh public holidays in 2009. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2009 are Ashura (Thursday, January 8), Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Saturday, February 21), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Tuesday, March 10), Independence Day (Thursday, March 26), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Tuesday, April 14), May Day (Friday, May 1), Buddha Purnima (Saturday, May 9), Shab-e-Barat (Friday, August 7), Janmashtami (Friday, August 14), Shab-e-Qadr (Friday, September 18), Eid ul-Fitr (Monday, September 21), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Sunday, September 27), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Monday, September 28), Eid ul-Adha (Saturday, November 28), Victory Day (Wednesday, December 16), Christmas Day (Friday, December 25) and Ashura (Monday, December 28).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2009: Jan 8–Jan 10 (3 days, Ashura); Mar 26–Mar 28 (3 days, Independence Day); Sep 25–Sep 28 (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.