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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 ...
Bangladesh co-hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. 5 September: India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute. [42] 2012: 18 January: Bangladesh Army claimed to have foiled a coup d'état attempt. 24 November: Garments factory fire at Tazreen Fashion factory in Ashulia kills 117. [43] 2013 ...
In 2018, the Bangladesh government planned to modify the Bangladeshi calendar again. [21] The changes were done to match national days with West. [ citation needed ] As a result of the modification, Kartik started on Thursday (17 October 2019) and the dry season was delayed by a day as the revised calendar went into effect from Wednesday (16 ...
The first day of the Bengali year is known as Pohela Boishakh (1st of Boishakh) which is a public holiday in Bangladesh. [3] The Bengali era is called Bengali Sambat (BS) [4] and has a zero year that starts in 593/594 CE. It is 594 less than the AD or CE year in the Gregorian calendar if it is before Pohela Boishakh, or 593 less if after Pohela ...
February 17: Former president Pervez Musharraf appeared in front of a civil court for the first time. March 1: The Pakistan Taliban announces a one-month ceasefire aimed at reviving peace talks. March 2: Pakistani military bombs the hideout of a Taliban militant leader killing five insurgents. 3 March: Islamabad court attack, 11 killed.
Observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 23 March Pakistan Day: یوم پاکستان. Yōum-e-Pākistān. Commemorates the Lahore Resolution, which formally demanded an independent Muslim-majority state to be created out of British India. The republic was also declared on this day in 1956. 1 May ...
The result extended Pakistan’s miserable home record in tests to 10 consecutive matches without a win in 2 1/2 years. That's happened only once before, when Pakistan lost 11 straight at home ...
Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Official name Birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Also called Bangabandhu's birthday Observed by Bangladesh Type Historic Significance Honours Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, called as the founder and the first president of Bangladesh Date 17 March Frequency Annual First time 1967 Related to National Children's Day The birthday ...