Public Holidays in Bangladesh — 2025
Bangladesh keeps a short official calendar in 2025: 7 public holidays in total, so each one carries real weight for planning.
1 of them land on the Friday + Saturday weekend, which leaves 6 genuine days off work.
The dates are spread fairly evenly — 4 before July and 3 after it — with December the busiest month.
The longest dry spell runs 133 days, from Tuesday, August 5, 2025 to Tuesday, December 16, 2025; that is the stretch worth spending annual leave on.
2 holiday(s) sit next to the weekend, and 2 single bridge day(s) could turn into a four-day break.
Bangladesh sits in Southern Asia, is run from Dhaka, pays in Taka, and has about 164.7M people planning around these same dates.
- Public holidays
- 7
- Days off work
- 6
- Weekend
- Friday + Saturday
- Busiest month
- December (2)
- Longest gap
- 133 days
- Capital
- Dhaka
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Feb 21 | Friday | International Mother Language Day | শহিদ দিবস ও আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস |
| Wed, Mar 26 | Wednesday | Independence and National Day | স্বাধীনতা ও জাতীয় দিবস |
| Mon, Apr 14 | Monday | Bengali New Year | নববর্ষ |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | Labour Day | মে দিবস |
| Tue, Aug 5 | Tuesday | July Mass Uprising Day | জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান দিবস |
| Tue, Dec 16 | Tuesday | Victory Day | বিজয় দিবস |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | বড়দিন |
How many public holidays does Bangladesh have in 2025?
7 — of which 6 fall on a working day and 1 fall on the Friday + Saturday weekend.
What is the first public holiday in Bangladesh in 2025?
শহিদ দিবস ও আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস on Friday, February 21, 2025. The last one of the year is বড়দিন on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
Which days are the weekend in Bangladesh?
Friday + Saturday. Working-day counts on this site use that pattern, not a fixed Saturday–Sunday assumption.
When is the longest period without a public holiday in Bangladesh in 2025?
Between Tuesday, August 5, 2025 and Tuesday, December 16, 2025 — 133 days with nothing official in between.
Are these 2025 dates confirmed?
Yes, all 7 dates come from the official calendar (source: Nager.Date public holiday API) and none are moon-sighting estimates.