List of festivals in Bangladesh

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This is a list of festivals in Bangladesh.

Religious

Eid prayer in Comilla

Durga puja in Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka

• Eid ul-Fitr - on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
• Eid ul-Adha - on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar.
• Durga Puja - from the 2nd to the 7th day of Kartik month of the Bengali calendar.
• Kali Puja
• Saraswati Puja
• Buddha Purnima
• Bishwa Ijtema
• Chaand Raat - on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.
• Ashura - on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
• Boro Din - on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar.

Others

Celebrations of Pohela Baishakh at Dhaka

Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka

Shakrain kite festival, Dhaka

• Noboborsho - on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar.
• Ekushey February - International Mother Language Day
• Independence Day
• Pohela Falgun
• Nobanno
• Ekushey Book Fair - in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar.
• Nouka Baich
• Shakrain - in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar.
• Jatiya Pitha Utsab – National Cake Festival.^[1]
• International Trade Fair

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