Public Holidays in Bangladesh 2021

There are 16 Bangladesh public holidays in 2021. 11 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Bangladesh public holidays in 2021 are Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day (Sunday, February 21), Independence Day (Friday, March 26), Shab-e-Barat (Monday, March 29), Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) (Wednesday, April 14), May Day (Saturday, May 1), Shab-e-Qadr (Monday, May 10), Eid ul-Fitr (Friday, May 14), Buddha Purnima (Wednesday, May 26), Eid ul-Adha (Wednesday, July 21), Ashura (Thursday, August 19), Janmashtami (Monday, August 30), Durga Puja (Nabami) (Thursday, October 14), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami) (Friday, October 15), Eid-e-Miladunnabi (Tuesday, October 19), Victory Day (Thursday, December 16) and Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2021: Feb 19–Feb 21 (3 days, Shaheed Day & International Mother Language Day); Aug 19–Aug 21 (3 days, Ashura); Oct 14–Oct 16 (3 days, Durga Puja (Nabami), Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami)); Dec 16–Dec 18 (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.