Bangladesh public holidays 2027: the full list with dates

The Bangladesh government holidays 2027 list has 29 days off: 15 general holidays and 14 by executive order. The Cabinet approved it on 2 November 2026 and the Ministry of Public Administration published it on 5 November 2026. Seven of the 29 fall on the Friday–Saturday weekend, so the government counts 22 holidays on working days. Eid ul-Fitr is expected on 10 March (five days off, 8–12 March) and Eid ul-Adha on 17 May (six days off, 15–20 May). Moon-based dates can still move by a day after the moon sighting.

Below is the full list with weekdays, the long breaks, and how to count working days for leave or deadlines.

Bangladesh government holidays 2027: general holidays

General holidays apply to government offices, banks and most institutions across the country.

Date	Day	Holiday
21 February	Sunday	Shaheed Dibosh and International Mother Language Day
5 March	Friday	Jumatul Bida
10 March*	Wednesday	Eid ul-Fitr
26 March	Friday	Independence and National Day
13 April	Tuesday	Chaitra Sankranti (Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban only)
1 May	Saturday	May Day
17 May*	Monday	Eid ul-Adha
20 May	Thursday	Buddha Purnima
5 August	Thursday	July Mass Uprising Day
15 August*	Sunday	Eid-e-Miladunnabi
25 August	Wednesday	Janmashtami
10 October	Sunday	Durga Puja (Bijoya Dashami)
7 November	Sunday	National Revolution and Solidarity Day
16 December	Thursday	Victory Day
25 December	Saturday	Christmas Day

* Depends on the moon sighting.

Holidays by executive order

These are declared by the government's executive order. Most offices follow them in the same way as general holidays.

Date	Day	Holiday
24 January*	Sunday	Shab-e-Barat
7 March*	Sunday	Shab-e-Qadr
8, 9 March*	Monday, Tuesday	Eid ul-Fitr (days before)
11, 12 March*	Thursday, Friday	Eid ul-Fitr (days after)
14 April	Wednesday	Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New Year)
15, 16 May*	Saturday, Sunday	Eid ul-Adha (days before)
18, 19, 20 May*	Tuesday to Thursday	Eid ul-Adha (days after)
16 June*	Wednesday	Ashura
9 October	Saturday	Durga Puja (Nabami)

* Depends on the moon sighting.

Two details in the official list are worth knowing. First, 20 May appears twice: it is both Buddha Purnima and the last Eid ul-Adha holiday. Second, Chaitra Sankranti on 13 April is a holiday only in the three hill districts. So outside the hill districts there are 20 separate weekday holidays, not 22.

Government employees can also take up to three optional holidays a year for their own religious festivals (for example Shab-e-Meraj, Saraswati Puja, Doljatra, English New Year for Christians, or Maghi Purnima), with prior approval. Employees from small ethnic communities get two optional days for festivals such as Boisabi.

Source: the 2027 holiday list approved by the Cabinet on 2 November 2026 and published by the Ministry of Public Administration on 5 November 2026, as reported by Prothom Alo, Dhaka Tribune and The Financial Express. If the government changes a date later (for example after a moon sighting), the gazette notice for that change is the final word.

The long breaks in 2027

Because of how the dates fall around the Friday–Saturday weekend, 2027 has some long breaks:

Break	Dates	Days off in a row
Eid ul-Fitr	Friday 5 March to Saturday 13 March	9
Eid ul-Adha	Friday 14 May to Saturday 22 May	9
Shab-e-Barat	Friday 22 to Sunday 24 January	3
Mother Language Day	Friday 19 to Sunday 21 February	3
July Mass Uprising Day	Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 August	3
Eid-e-Miladunnabi	Friday 13 to Sunday 15 August	3
Durga Puja	Friday 8 to Sunday 10 October	3
Solidarity Day	Friday 5 to Sunday 7 November	3
Victory Day	Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 December	3

The Eid ul-Fitr break joins Jumatul Bida (Friday 5 March), the weekend, Shab-e-Qadr and the five Eid days. The Eid ul-Adha break joins the weekend before, the six Eid days (including Buddha Purnima) and the weekend after. If an Eid moves by a day, these breaks may shift or the government may adjust the days.

To see how many days are left until a holiday, use our Countdown to Date, which has quick picks for Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Pohela Boishakh and Victory Day. Its Eid dates for 2027 (10 March and 17 May) are the same as the official list.

Bangladesh's Friday–Saturday weekend

Government offices in Bangladesh close on Friday and Saturday, and the working week runs from Sunday to Thursday. Banks follow the same weekend.

Private businesses vary. Many offices follow the government weekend, but garment factories, shops and many private companies work on Saturday and close only on Friday. When you count working days for a contract or a delivery, use the weekend that the business actually keeps.

Banks also have two bank holidays of their own: 1 July and 31 December, when they close their half-yearly accounts and do no business with customers. In 2027, 1 July is a Thursday and 31 December falls on a Friday anyway. Cheques and transfers wait for the next working day during long breaks; see our guide on how to write a cheque in Bangladesh for how clearing works.

How to count working days in 2027

Counting working days by hand around Eid is easy to get wrong. Our Working Days Calculator does it for you:

1. Pick the start date and the end date.
2. Under Weekend, choose Friday & Saturday (Bangladesh). Choose "Friday only" if your workplace opens on Saturday.
3. In "Holidays to leave out", type the holiday dates, one per line. You can write a name after the date, for example 2027-03-10 Eid ul-Fitr, or pick each date and press Add.
4. Read the number of working days. Holidays that fall on a weekend are not subtracted twice.

Example: March 2027. From 1 to 31 March with a Friday–Saturday weekend, there are 23 weekdays. The holidays on weekdays are 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 March (Shab-e-Qadr and Eid ul-Fitr; 5, 12 and 26 March are Fridays). That leaves 18 working days in March.

The whole year. 2027 has 260 weekdays. Taking out the 20 separate weekday holidays leaves 240 working days outside the hill districts, as long as the moon-based dates stay as listed.

Here are all the dates in one block you can paste into the calculator (Chaitra Sankranti is left out; add 2027-04-13 if you are in Rangamati, Khagrachhari or Bandarban):

2027-01-24 Shab-e-Barat
2027-02-21 Mother Language Day
2027-03-05 Jumatul Bida
2027-03-07 Shab-e-Qadr
2027-03-08 Eid ul-Fitr
2027-03-09 Eid ul-Fitr
2027-03-10 Eid ul-Fitr
2027-03-11 Eid ul-Fitr
2027-03-12 Eid ul-Fitr
2027-03-26 Independence Day
2027-04-14 Pohela Boishakh
2027-05-01 May Day
2027-05-15 Eid ul-Adha
2027-05-16 Eid ul-Adha
2027-05-17 Eid ul-Adha
2027-05-18 Eid ul-Adha
2027-05-19 Eid ul-Adha
2027-05-20 Eid ul-Adha and Buddha Purnima
2027-06-16 Ashura
2027-08-05 July Mass Uprising Day
2027-08-15 Eid-e-Miladunnabi
2027-08-25 Janmashtami
2027-10-09 Durga Puja
2027-10-10 Durga Puja
2027-11-07 Solidarity Day
2027-12-16 Victory Day
2027-12-25 Christmas

Need a date a set number of working days away, or the gap between two dates? The Date Calculator counts the days between two dates, and Add Days to Date finds the date after a number of days.

Quick checklist for planning 2027

• Book Eid travel early: both Eid breaks are 9 days long
• Expect the moon-based dates (marked *) to move by a day at most
• Use Friday & Saturday as the weekend for government and bank work
• Ask private employers whether Saturday is a working day
• Leave out only holidays that fall on your working days
• Check the gazette if the government changes a date during the year