Working Hours in Bangladesh

The legal working week and day in Bangladesh, how overtime is paid, which days are the weekend, normal office hours and the paid leave you are owed.

Working week 48 hours Working day 8 hours Overtime pay 2× Weekend days Fri–Sat Business hours 9am–5pm Annual leave ≈17 days

Working week in Bangladesh

48 hours

The Bangladesh Labour Act sets 48 hours a week. With overtime a week can reach 60 hours, but the average over a year must not pass 56. Government offices work a 40-hour, five-day week.

Working day in Bangladesh

8 hours

Adult workers may work 8 hours a day, or 10 with overtime. A break of an hour is due after 6 hours, or half an hour after 5.

Overtime pay in Bangladesh

2×

Overtime is paid at twice the ordinary rate of the basic wage plus dearness allowance, not twice the gross wage.

Weekend days in Bangladesh

Fri–Sat

Friday and Saturday are the weekend for government offices, banks and most companies. Factories, including garment factories, usually close only on Friday, and shop workers get one and a half days off a week.

Business hours in Bangladesh

9am–5pm

Government offices open 9am to 5pm, Sunday to Thursday, and banks serve customers from about 10am to 4pm. In Ramadan offices work shorter hours, announced each year.

Annual leave in Bangladesh

≈17 days

Adult workers earn one day of paid annual leave for every 18 days worked, about 17 days a year, after a year of service. Casual leave (10 days), sick leave (14 days) and paid festival holidays come on top.

Checked 24 October 2026 against national labour laws and government sites. Laws change and this is a summary, not legal advice; check with the authority that applies to you.

Working days in Bangladesh 2026

Business days and working hours by month, after weekends and holidays.

Minimum wage in Bangladesh

The hourly and monthly minimum, in local money and US dollars.

Bangladesh public holidays 2026

Every holiday with its date and long weekends.