26MAR2019 - Holiday Today - Bangladesh

Bangladesh - Independence Day
On March 26, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh celebrates its Independence Day. It is the country’s national holiday that commemorates the declaration of independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
During the colonial era, the territory of present-day Bangladesh, populated mainly by the Bengali people, was part of the British India. The late 19th century and the early 20th century in Bengal region were marked by the so-called Bengali renaissance, a social, intellectual, cultural and artistic movement that marked the transition from “medieval” to “modern” culture and laid an early foundation for the future independence struggle.
After the 1905 partition of Bengal, the largely Hindu western areas were separated from the largely Muslim eastern areas for administrative efficiency. Bengali nationalists, however, saw this move as a “divide and rule policy” and began to protest. In 1911, the British colonial authorities caved in and reunited Bengal.

Bunker Price at Bangladesh Ports