Public holidays in Bangladesh

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
February 21	Language Martyrs' Day	Shoheed Dibosh	Marks the revolution for the right to speak Bangla in erstwhile East Pakistan and the associated massacre carried out by Pakistan Central Government
March 26	Independence Day	Shadhinota Dibosh	Declaration of independence as per direction of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
December 16	Victory Day	Bijoy Dibosh	Surrender of Pakistan army (represented at surrender by Lt Gen A.B.K Niazi) to the Mukti Bahini (headed by General M.A.G. Osmani , represented at the surrender by Lt Gen J.S. Aurora)