Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2011

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 2011. 14 of them fall on working days, which leaves 246 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2011 are Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Wednesday, February 16), 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 (Tuesday, May 17), Shab-e-Barat (Sunday, July 17), Janmashtami (Monday, August 22), Shab-e-Qadr (Sunday, August 28), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, August 31), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Wednesday, October 5), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Thursday, October 6), Eid ul-Adha (Monday, November 7), Ashura (Tuesday, December 6), Victory Day (Friday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 2011: Apr 14–Apr 16 (3 days, Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, May Day); Jul 15–Jul 17 (3 days, Shab-e-Barat); Aug 26–Aug 28 (3 days, Shab-e-Qadr); Oct 5–Oct 8 (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.