Bangladesh Public Holidays

	2008	2009
New Year's Day	01 Jan	01 Jan
Islamic New Year	10 Jan	-
International Mother Language Day	21 Feb	21 Feb
Eid-e-Milad-un Nabi (Birth of the Prophet)	20 Mar	9 Mar
Independence Day	26 Mar	26 Mar
Bangla New Year	14 Apr	14 Apr
Labour Day	1 May	1 May
Buddha Purnima	20 May	2 May*
Shab-e Barat (Ascension of the Prophet).	30 Jul	20 Jul
Durga Puja (Dashami)	2 Oct	2 Oct
Shab e-Qadr (Evening of Destiny)	20 Oct	20 Oct
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	20 Oct	21 Sep
National Revolution Day	7 Nov	7 Nov
Eid ul-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)	9 Dec	28 Nov
Victory Day (Bijoy Dibosh)	16 Dec	16 Dec
Islamic New Year	29 Dec	18 Dec