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Bangladeshi land revenues are still collected by the government in line with this calendar. [9] The calendar's new year day, Pohela Boishakh, is a national holiday. The government and newspapers of Bangladesh widely use the abbreviation B.S. (Bangla Son, or Bangla Sal, or Bangla Sombat) for Bangladeshi calendar era.
This calendar was a lunar calendar, and its new year did not coincide with the solar agricultural cycles. The current Bengali calendar owes its origin in Bengal to the rule of Mughal Emperor Akbar who adopted it to time the tax year to the harvest. The Bangla year was therewith called Bangabda.
It will follow 1429 and 1430 Baṅgābda (Bengali Year). The year 2023 is the 52nd year of the independence of Bangladesh . It is also the fifth and last year of the fourth cabinet of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and last year of the presidency of Mohammad Abdul Hamid .
Religious festivals such as Eid are based on the Islamic calendar, while other national holidays are observed according to the Bengali and Gregorian calendars. Since the Islamic calendar is lunar, it does not remain synchronized with the seasons, resulting in a seasonal drift. Consequently, some public holidays, particularly those tied to ...
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh.2024 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2025 in Bangladesh.2025 is the current year, and is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
It is the first of the two months that comprise the wet season, locally known as "Barsha" (Bengali: বর্ষা Bôrsha, Nepali: वर्षा Barsha, Odia: ବର୍ଷା Barsā), when the monsoon winds blow. [3] [4] It is one of the first five months of the year that have 31 days, according to the Bangladeshi version of the Bengali ...
Mughal emperor Akbar established a new calendar based on the old solar Bengali calendar in 1584 to ease taxation. The Mughals used "Halkhata Mahurat" to collect taxes and the tradition of Haal Khata is believed to be originated from this. [2] Haal Khata is a Bengali tradition that is over 430 years old. Haal means updating and Khata means ...