Guides on typing in Bengali, Bijoy and Unicode, the Bengali calendar and the dates of the coming holidays.
The expected Bangladesh public holiday list for 2027 with weekdays, which Islamic dates depend on the moon, and where the long weekends fall. Updated when the official gazette is published.
Day-by-day Durga Puja 2026 schedule for Bangladesh: Shashthi on 16 October, Maha Ashtami on 19 October, Sandhi Puja timing, Vijaya Dashami on 21 October, and the three government holidays that make a five-day break.
Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin on Tuesday 9 February 2027 in Bangladesh, a day after Saudi Arabia. First sehri and iftar times for Dhaka, the last day of fasting, Shab-e-Qadr and Eid-ul-Fitr dates.
Eid-ul-Fitr 2027 is expected on Wednesday 10 March in Bangladesh, with Chand Raat on 9 March and public holidays from 10 to 12 March. How the date is decided, the Saudi date, and Eid dates for the years ahead.
Bengali New Year 1434 falls on Wednesday 14 April 2027 in Bangladesh and Thursday 15 April in West Bengal. What the Bangla Academy calendar changed, why Kolkata follows a different rule, and the dates for the years ahead.
Where each Bengali month name comes from, how many days it has under the Bangla Academy calendar, which Gregorian dates it covers, and which of the six seasons it belongs to. Boishakh to Chaitra in one table.
Shab-e-Barat 2027 is expected on the night of Saturday 23 January with a holiday on Sunday 24 January. Shab-e-Qadr falls on the night of Saturday 6 March, holiday Sunday 7 March. The odd nights of Ramadan 1448 and how the dates are fixed.
How to set up Bengali typing on Windows, Mac, Android, and iPhone: phonetic typing with Avro, fixed layouts like Bijoy, and the keyboards already built into your device.
Bijoy and Unicode are the two main ways Bengali text gets typed and stored. Here's how they differ, where Bijoy still hangs on, and why almost everything new should be Unicode.
Step-by-step guide to converting Bijoy (SutonnyMJ) text to Unicode and back, with a real before/after example and fixes for the usual problems: broken conjuncts, tofu boxes and mixed formats.