List of festivals in Bangladesh
This is a list of festivals in Bangladesh.
Almost everyone in Bangladesh has come across the saying “Bangalir baro mashe tero parbon (Bengali: বাঙালির বারো মাসে তেরো পার্বণ)”, which roughly translates to Bengalis have thirteen festivals in twelve months (a year). Bangladesh is a country of colourful celebrations. The people celebrate their faith, life, liberty, nature, elation, and achievements round the year through a wide variety of fairs and festivals, organized with enthusiasm and intricate details. Some Bengali fairs and festivals have a recorded history of over 2000 years. Festivals in Bangladesh fall into four major categories: religious festivals, national events, cultural festivals and tribal festivals. Although a few festivals are primarily meant for particular sections of the population, all the festivals have now attained universal reach throughout the country.
== Religious observance ==
=== Muslim ===
Eid ul-Fitr (Bengali: ঈদুল ফিতর/রোজার ঈদ) - on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
Eid ul-Adha (Bengali: ঈদুল আজহার/কোরবানি)- on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar.
Chaand Raat (Bengali: চাঁদ রাত)- on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.
Ashura (Bengali: আশুরা)- on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi (Bengali: ঈদে মিলাদুন্নবি)– The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
Shab-e-Qadr (Bengali: শবে কদর)
Shab-e-Barat (Bengali: শবে বরাত)
Bishwa Ijtema(Bengali: বিশ্ব ইজতেমা)
=== Hindu ===
Durga Puja - from the 2nd to the 7th day of Ashwin month of the Hindu calendar.
Krishna Janmashtami - celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna
Dolyatra
Ratha Yatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra.
Kali Puja in Diwali
Saraswati Puja
Ashtami Snan on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami (ninth day during the waxing phase of moon in Chaitra Month) as per Hindu Lunar Calendar
=== Buddhist ===
Buddha Purnima - Buddha's Birthday
Madhu Purnima
Kathin Chibardan - offering of woven robe made of cotton to monks and nuns.
=== Christian ===
Boro Din or Christmas - on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar.
Easter Sunday
== Patriotic and National Observances ==
Language Movement Day - (International Mother Language Day); Colours worn:    
Genocide Remembrance Day; Colours worn:    
National day of mourning (15 August); Colours worn:    
Independence Day; Colours worn:      
Armed Forces Day
Martyred Intellectuals Day; Colours worn:    
Victory Day; Colours worn:      
== Cultural festivals ==
=== General ===
Rokeya Day
Rabindra Jayanti
Nazrul Jayanti
=== Music ===
Dhaka World Music Festival (music)
Bengal Classical Music Festival
International Folk Festival
=== Folk ===
Pahela Baishakh - on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar and summer festival; also called Bangla Noboborsho; Colours worn:   
Boshonto Utshob - Spring festival also known as Pohela Falgun; Colours worn:   
Nabanna - Winter and harvest festival; Colours worn:   
Borsha Utshob - Monsoon festival; Colours worn:   
Nouka Baich - Boat racing festivals held after the monsoon when rivers are filled

Bengal Original Culture Festival
Cinemaking International Film Festival
Dhaka Festival
Dhaka Art Summit
Hay Festival Dhaka
Dhaka Fashion Week
Dhaka International Film Festival
Chobi Mela International Photography Festival
CRACK International Art Camp
International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh
Bioscope Children's Photography Festival
Latin Dance Festival 
== Fairs ==Ekushey Book Fair - in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar.
Dhaka International Trade Fair
National Tree Fair - Month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair.
National Fisheries Week and Fish Fair - Week-long National Fiash Trade and Fair.
== Local events ==Shakrain — in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar.
Jatiya Pitha Utsab — National Pitha (Cake) Festival.
Charak — 3-day-long festival in Pabna starting on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra.
Joy Bangla Concert — annual concert to mark the 7 March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Nouka Baich
Bisu Mela
== Public holidays ==
Public holidays in Bangladesh