Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr marks the close of Ramadan and is one of Bangladesh’s largest annual public breaks. The first morning begins with Eid prayer, greetings and family visits. In a country where many people live and work away from their home districts, the days before Eid also produce a huge homecoming movement by road, rail and water, making the holiday as much about reunion as ceremony.

Government calendars set the length of the break annually; the 2026 schedule, for example, provided a multi-day holiday. Homes prepare sweets and festive meals, children receive gifts, and families make time for older relatives and neighbours. The first day shown here is a planning anchor, not a final public notice: moon sighting and government decisions determine the civil dates and period of closure.

For 2026, Bangladesh's moon-sighting decision placed Eid al-Fitr itself on Saturday, March 21. The original notification combined that general holiday with executive-order leave on March 19–20 and March 22–23; a later Ministry of Public Administration order added March 18, producing a seven-day government break from Shab-e-Qadr on March 17 through March 23. Bangladesh Bank's scheduled-bank closure remained March 19–23. Private establishments instead choose paid festival holidays under the Labour Act, so the full government break should not be assumed for every worker.