Q: BANGLADESH weekly [work] holidays? Can anybody inform which days are weekly govt. holidays? In other words, weekends in Bangladesh. I know Friday is a holiday. In Bangladesh, do they have one day or two-day holidays? Which days? Thanking you.
A: 2008 1 Jan New Year's Day. 10 Jan Islamic New Year. 21 Feb International Mother Language Day. 20 Mar Eid-e-Milad-un Nabi (Birth of the Prophet). 26 Mar Independence Day. 14 Apr Bangla New Year. 1 May Labour Day. 20 May Buddha Purnima. 30 Jul Shab-e Barat (Ascension of the Prophet). 2 Oct Durga Puja (Dashami). 20 Oct Shab e-Qadr (Evening of Destiny). 2 Oct (3 days) Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). 7 Nov National Revolution Day. 9 Dec (3 days) Eid ul-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice). 16 Dec Victory Day (Bijoy Dibosh). 29 Dec Islamic New Year Holidays/Work Week Bangladesh observes Friday-Saturday weekend. Business hours are 9:00-5:00. Banks observe the same hours as the BDG, while industry has a 48-hour week. Muslim religious holidays vary with appearance of the moon (they move ahead approximately 11 days every year).