Bangladesh Public Holidays 2025
Bangladesh has 15 national public holidays in 2025, starting with Language Martyrs' Day on 21 February 2025 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2025. Four well placed days of leave buy 16 days away from work in 2025, because four holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see Bangladesh in 2026 or Bangladesh in 2027.
Looking back: Bangladesh observed 15 national public holidays in 2025, the same number as in 2026. Three fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against two in 2026. The calendar produced seven long weekends that year, against five in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Martyrs' Dayশহীদ দিবস | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Mujib's Birthday & Children's Dayমুজিব জয়ন | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Independence Dayস্বাধীনতা দিবস | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)ঈদুল ফিতর | SundayWeekend | Public holiday3 days | |
| Bengali New Year's Dayপহেলা বৈশাখ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| May Dayমে দিবস | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Buddha's Birthdayবুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)ঈদুল আযহা | Friday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Day of Ashuraআশুরা | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| National Mourning Dayজাতীয় শোক দিবস | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Krishna Janmashtamiজন্মাষ্টমী | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Durga Pujaদুর্গা পূজা | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Victory Dayবিজয় দিবস | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas Dayবড়দিন | Thursday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Bangladesh calendar. No correction specific to Bangladesh has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Bangladesh.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
Expect the most closures around March (3 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2025, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Below you will find the full 2025 list for Bangladesh, sorted by date, with the weekday marked for quick planning. We track national holidays only, leaving out regional variations, so the list stays consistent and easy to compare with other countries.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Bangladesh have in 2025?
Bangladesh has 15 national public holidays in 2025. The first is Language Martyrs' Day on 21 February 2025 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Bangladesh?
The first public holiday of 2025 is Language Martyrs' Day, which falls on 21 February 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Bangladesh in 2025?
In 2025, Bengali New Year's Day in Bangladesh is on 14 April 2025.
Are regional holidays included for Bangladesh?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Bangladesh are listed separately on the Bangladesh holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Bangladesh holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. 12 of the 15 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (lunisolar calendar and islamic (hijri) calendar), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Language Martyrs' Day on 21 February 2025, Mujib's Birthday & Children's Day on 17 March 2025 and Independence Day on 26 March 2025, plus 9 more.
How far ahead is the Bangladesh calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Bangladesh.
Which Bangladesh holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Bangladesh holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Bangladesh with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Bangladesh
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Bangladesh public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Bangladesh 2025 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2025 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.