Bangladesh Public Holidays 2026
Bangladesh has 15 national public holidays in 2026, starting with Language Martyrs' Day on 21 February 2026 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2026. Six well placed days of leave buy 24 days away from work in 2026, because six holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Martyrs' Dayশহীদ দিবস | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Mujib's Birthday & Children's Dayমুজিব জয়ন | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)ঈদুল ফিতর | Friday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Independence Dayস্বাধীনতা দিবস | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Bengali New Year's Dayপহেলা বৈশাখ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| May Dayমে দিবস | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Buddha's Birthdayবুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)ঈদুল আযহা | Wednesday | Public holiday3 days | |
| Day of Ashuraআশুরা | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| National Mourning Dayজাতীয় শোক দিবস | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Krishna Janmashtamiজন্মাষ্টমী | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবী | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Durga Pujaদুর্গা পূজা | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Victory Dayবিজয় দিবস | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas Dayবড়দিন | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 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.
March is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. Two of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. The table below lists every Bangladesh public holiday for 2026 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Only nationwide public holidays are included here, which keeps the Bangladesh calendar clean and comparable.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Bangladesh have in 2026?
Bangladesh has 15 national public holidays in 2026. The first is Language Martyrs' Day on 21 February 2026 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Bangladesh?
The first public holiday of 2026 is Language Martyrs' Day, which falls on 21 February 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Bangladesh in 2026?
In 2026, Bengali New Year's Day in Bangladesh is on 14 April 2026.
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 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. 12 of the 15 holidays in 2026 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 2026, Mujib's Birthday & Children's Day on 17 March 2026 and End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) on 20 March 2026, 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 2026. 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 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Bangladesh
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Bangladesh public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Bangladesh 2026 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 2026 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.