Scheduled Banks closed for 24 days to mark festivals and various days next year
Scheduled Bank will remain closed
for 24 days next year. A total of 22 days of public holidays and 2 days of bank
holidays will not be traded on the occasion of festivals and various days.
Bangladesh Bank released the holiday list in a release on Monday yesterday.
The release said the list of
holidays has been prepared as directed by the Ministry of Public
Administration. But this may change on seeing the moon.
Martyrs' Day and International
Mother Language Day on February 21 next year, The Birth Day and National
Children's Day of the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17,
The Night of The Night on March 19, Independence and National Day on March 26,
The Bengali New Year on April 14, Shab-e-Qadr on April 29, May 1 will be a
holiday for 1 day on the occasion of The Great May Day.
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, 2, 3
and 4 May, 15 May Buddha Purnima, 1 July Bank Holiday, 9th, 10th and 11th July
Eid-ul-Adha, 9th August Holy Ashura, 15th August National Mourning Day, 18th
August Janmashtami, 5th October Durga Puja, 9th October Eid-e-Miladunnabi
(C.E.), 16th December Vijay Diwas, 25th December on the occasion of Jesus
Christ's Birthday (Christmas) and 31st December bank holiday will be closed.