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There are fifteen public holidays in Bangladesh. Muslims and non-Muslims have four religious holidays each in addition to the seven secular national holidays. For the Muslims, nine major Islamic holidays: Ashura, Mawlid, Isra' and Mi'raj, Shab-e-Barat, first day of Ramadan, Revelation of the Quran, Laylat al-Qadr, Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha ...
Shakrain — in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar. [45] Jatiya Pitha Utsab — National Pitha (Cake) Festival. [46] Charak — 3-day-long festival in Pabna starting on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra. [47] Joy Bangla Concert — annual concert to mark the 7 March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Pages in category "Public holidays in Bangladesh" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
2014 in Bangladesh. 2014 ( MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade. The year 2014 was the 43rd year after the independence of Bangladesh.
Pohela Boishakh ( Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) [ n 1] is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian [ 2] states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam ( Goalpara and Barak Valley ).
National Mourning Day of Bangladesh is a commemorative and former public holiday in Bangladesh. [1] On 15 August of every year, the day is observed with mourning. The day is also observed officially and nationally during the government led by Awami League. [2] [3] The black flag is hoisted as well as the national flag is kept at half-mast.
The first day of the Bengali year is known as Pohela Boishakh (Boishakh 1st) which is a public holiday in Bangladesh. [ 2 ] The Bengali era is called Bengali Sambat (BS) [ 3 ] or the Bengali year ( বাংলা সন Bangla Sôn , বাংলা সাল Bangla sal , or Bangabda ) [ 4 ] has a zero year that starts in 593/594 CE.
Bangladesh, [ a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [ b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and is among the most densely populated countries with a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the ...