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Bangladesh is a country of colourful celebrations. The people celebrate their faith, life, liberty, nature, elation, and achievements round the year through a wide variety of fairs and festivals, organized with enthusiasm and intricate details. Some Bengali fairs and festivals have a recorded history of over 2000 years.
Bangladesh has numerous public holidays, including national memorial, religious and secular holidays of Bengali origin. The Bengali traditional calendar, known as Baṅgābda is the national and official calendar in Bangladesh. The holidays are celebrated according to Bengali, Islamic or Gregorian calendars for religious and civil purposes ...
Bangladesh has been celebrating this day as Victory Day since 1972. The year 2021 marks 50 years since the declaration of independence and victory in the war. Therefore, the year 2021 is celebrated as "Golden Jubilee" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence. [2] [9] [10]
The Government of Bangladesh had declared the year 2020–21 as the Mujib Year. [2] This year was celebrated from March 17, 2020, to March 31, 2022 (extended by one year, from 17 March 2021 to 31 March 2022). [3] Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was born on March 17, 1920, in Bengal Presidency (now in Tungipara village of the Gopalganj district of ...
The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts. [2] Before 2019, the first of Falgun used to fell on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar , [ 3 ] however, from 2020 onwards, due to changes to the Bangladeshi calendars , Pohela Falgun is celebrated on 14 February, making the day celebrated with the ...
It proposed the first five months 31 days long, rest 30 days each, with the month of Falgun adjusted to 31 days in every leap year. [3] This was officially adopted by Bangladesh in 1987. [3] [20] In 2018, the Bangladesh government planned to modify the Bangladeshi calendar again. [21] The changes were done to match national days with West.
Mujibnagar, Bangladesh Dated 10th day of April 1971. Whereas free elections were held in Bangladesh from 7 December 1970 to 17 January 1971, to elect representatives for the purpose of framing a Constitution, AND Whereas at these elections the people of Bangladesh elected 167 out of 169 representatives belonging to the Awami League, AND
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [39] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...