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List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
Bangladesh has numerous public holidays, including national memorial, religious and secular holidays of Bengali origin. The Bengali traditional calendar, known as Baṅgābda is the national and official calendar in Bangladesh. The holidays are celebrated according to Bengali, Islamic or Gregorian calendars for religious and civil purposes ...
A working holiday which was first observed in 2020. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines especially in school campuses. July 27. Iglesia ni Cristo Day.
In the Philippines, Labor Day is a public holiday commemorated nationwide on 1 May. Initially observed in 1903 through a protest by the Union Obrera Democratica Filipina in Manila during the American colonial era, [22] it was officially recognised as a holiday in 1908, with the first official commemoration taking place in 1913. [23]
Eid al-Fitr ( / ˌiːd əl ˈfɪtər, - trə / EED əl FIT-ər, -rə; Arabic: عيد الفطر, romanized : ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, lit. 'Feast of Breaking the Fast', IPA: [ʕiːd al ˈfɪtˤr]) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha ).
Status of observance. Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Colour shading indicates "Days of rest". Note: Slovenia does have two days of rest, but the 26th is not a Christmas-related public holiday ( Independence and Unity Day ). Many national governments recognize Christmas as an ...
The Bengali New Year is observed as a public holiday in Bangladesh. It is celebrated across religious boundaries by its Muslim majority and Hindu minority. [ 43 ] According to Willem van Schendel and Henk Schulte Nordholt , the festival became a popular means of expressing cultural pride and heritage among the Bangladeshi as they resisted ...
3. Victims of the Banjska attack. September 25 is a day of national mourning for death of Afrim Bunjaku. National flags lowered to half-mast. [ 667] September 26, 27, 28 are days of mourning in Serb-majority areas. Serbian flag lowered to half-mast. [ 668] Republic of Srpska. 1.