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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 ...
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
Bangladeshi land revenues are still collected by the government in line with this calendar. [9] The calendar's new year day, Pohela Boishakh, is a national holiday. The government and newspapers of Bangladesh widely use the abbreviation B.S. (Bangla Son, or Bangla Sal, or Bangla Sombat) for Bangladeshi calendar era.
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 ( MMXXIV ) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
December 5, 2024 at 4:27 AM Tokyo is proposing a four-day work week for government employees as part of broader efforts to address Japan ’s low birth rate .
[13] [14] In 2020, the government declared Mujib Year for the centennial of his birth. [15] Three years later, by amending the Flag Rules of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1972, flying the Bangladeshi flag on Bangabandhu's birthday became mandatory. [16] In 2024, the Yunus ministry removed it from the list of public holidays. [17]
National Mourning Day of Bangladesh is a commemorative and former public holiday in Bangladesh. [1] Before 2024, on 15 August of every year, the day is observed with mourning. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The day was also observed officially and nationally during the government led by Awami League .
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