Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Bangladesh Shab-e-Barat Public Holiday Update

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following last month's announcement that the date for the upcoming Shab-e-Barat would be Thursday, July 5, 2012, our traditionally reliable sources in Bangladesh have been split, with some changing the date of the upcoming Shab-e-Barat public holiday to July 5 and some keeping it on the initally-announced date of July 6. After reviewing news items and announcements for the past few years, we now expect the upcoming Shab-e-Barat non-working public holiday to be observed, in Bangladesh, on Friday, July 6, 2012. [full story]