Public holidays in Bangladesh 2025
Bangladesh has 17 public holidays in 2025. 12 fall on a weekday and 5 on the weekend, which leaves 249 working days out of 365. The weekend is Friday and Saturday.
17public holidays
12weekday days off
249working days in 2025
104weekend days
Holiday dates 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday weekend | Mid-Sha'ban | |
| Friday weekend | Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | |
| Friday weekend | Jumu'atul-Wida | |
| Friday weekend | Laylat al-Qadr | |
| Monday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Wednesday | Eid al-Fitr | |
| Monday | Bengali New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | May Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Eid al-Adha | |
| Sunday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Monday | Eid al-Adha | |
| Sunday | Ashura | |
| Tuesday | July Mass Uprising Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Prophet's Birthday | |
| Tuesday | Victory Day | |
| Thursday | Christmas Day |
Working days per month in 2025
A working day is any day that is neither a weekend day (Friday and Saturday) nor a public holiday. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count.
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend days | Holidays on weekdays | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| April 2025 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| July 2025 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| August 2025 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| November 2025 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| Total 2025 | 365 | 104 | 12 | 249 |
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Apr19 wd
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Jun20 wd
Jul22 wd
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Sep22 wd
Oct22 wd
Nov21 wd
Dec21 wd
Long weekends and bridge days in 2025
Breaks of three days or more that need no annual leave at all.
- 3 daysMon 31 March to Wed 2 April 2025Eid al-Fitr
- 3 daysThu 1 to Sat 3 May 2025May Day
- 4 daysFri 6 to Mon 9 June 2025Eid al-Adha
- 3 daysFri 4 to Sun 6 July 2025Ashura
- 3 daysThu 25 to Sat 27 December 2025Christmas Day
Take one day of leave on the date shown and turn a holiday into a longer break.
- 4 daysTake off Thursday 27 March 2025 for Wed 26 to Sat 29 March 2025Independence Day, Jumu'atul-Wida, Laylat al-Qadr
- 6 daysTake off Sunday 30 March 2025 for Fri 28 March to Wed 2 April 2025Jumu'atul-Wida, Laylat al-Qadr, Eid al-Fitr
- 6 daysTake off Thursday 3 April 2025 for Mon 31 March to Sat 5 April 2025Eid al-Fitr
- 4 daysTake off Sunday 13 April 2025 for Fri 11 to Mon 14 April 2025Bengali New Year's Day
Questions about 2025 in Bangladesh
- How many working days are there in Bangladesh in 2025?
- 249 working days. 2025 has 365 days, 104 of them weekend days and 12 public holidays on weekdays.
- How many public holidays does Bangladesh have in 2025?
- 17 public holidays. 5 fall on the weekend.
- Which 2025 holidays fall on a weekend?
- Mid-Sha'ban (15 February 2025), Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day (21 February 2025), Jumu'atul-Wida (28 March 2025), Laylat al-Qadr (28 March 2025), Eid al-Adha (7 June 2025), Prophet's Birthday (6 September 2025).
- What counts as the weekend in Bangladesh?
- Friday and Saturday. The calculator lets you change this if your organisation works a different week.
- What about 2026?
- See public holidays in Bangladesh 2026 or go back to 2024.
Cite or reuse this data
Bangladesh has 17 public holidays and 249 working days in 2025.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/bangladesh/2025/ (dataset holidays 0.103, CC BY 4.0).
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