Bangladesh Bank (BB) recently published a holiday list of 2023 for Bangladesh’s scheduled banks. As a result, all banks were closed during those days, and bank officials were relieved of going to the office.
According to the published holiday list, bank officials are going to enjoy 24 holidays in 2023, including bank holidays on July 1 and 31 December. It is also a fact that in 24 days, there are four Fridays and three Saturdays, which are usually included in the weekly holidays in Bangladesh.
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Md Abdul Mannan, director of the department of Off-site Supervision of BB, issued the holiday list and sent it to the managing director and chief executive officers of scheduled banks.
Holiday list of 2023
According to the Central Bank circular, the list of holidays in 2023 includes;
No. of Holydays | Date | Day | Occation |
1 Day | 21 February | Tuesday | Martyr's Day |
1 Day | 8 March | Wednesday | *Shab-e-Barat |
1 Day | 17 March | Friday | Birth Anniversary of Father of the nation and Children's Day |
1 Day | 26 March | Sunday | Independence and National Day |
1 Day | 14 April | Friday | Bengali New Year 1430 |
1 Day | 19 April | Wednesday | *Shab-e-Qadar |
1 Day | 21 April | Friday | Jumuatul Bida |
3 Days | 21-23 April | Friday, Saturday & Sunday | *Eid-ul-Fitr |
1 Day | 1 May | Monday | May Day |
1 Day | 4 May | Thursday | *Buddha Purnima |
3 Days | 28-30 June | Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | *Eid-ul-Azha |
1 Day | 1 July | Saturday | Bank Holiday |
1 Day | 29 July | Saturday | *Holy Ashura |
1 Day | 15 August | Tuesday | National Day of Mourning |
1 Day | 6 September | Wednesday | Janmashtami |
1 Day | 28 September | Thursday | *Eid Miladunnabi |
1 Day | 24 October | Tuesday | Durga Puja (Bijaya Dashami) |
1 Day | 16 December | Saturday | Victory Day |
1 Day | 25 December | Monday | Jesus Christ's Birthday |
1 Day | 31 December | Sunday | Bank Holiday |
*Subject to the appearance of the moon.
BB Circular Glimpse:
Furthermore, this holiday list will serve as a reminder to the customer to plan their business and personal banking transactions with these holidays kept in mind.