Friday, December 13, 2024

NSU welcomes Bangla Year amidst fun, festivity

Shedding the preceding year’s glooms to oblivion, North South University welcomed Pahela Baishakh, country’s most colorful festival and the first day of the Bangla year 1420, on Sunday with its customary fanfare and festivity. The program started with a colorful rally named ‘Mongol Shovajatra’ organised by NSU Sangskritik Sangathan and led by Prof. Dr. Md. ... Read more

Pahela Baishakh celebrated in district towns

Pahela Baishakh was celebrated in different district towns including Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Bogra, Mymensingh and Jessore through colourful programmes. The main attraction of the celebrations was Baishakhi fairs displaying various agricultural products, handicrafts, toys, cosmetics, and regional cuisines. Rural artistes presented jatra, pala gaan, kabigaan,

Nation greets Bangla 1420 in style and colour

The nation on Sunday celebrated “Pahela Baishakh,” the first day of the Bengali New Year 1420 with fanfare and festivity in style and a traditional colorful way. The grand celebration kicked off as the first sunrise of 1420 became visible on the eastern horizon, welcoming the New Year with especially chosen seasonal song – “Eso ... Read more

No tangible move for UNESCO recognition

On Pahela Baishakh, communities from diverse ethnic backgrounds and religions welcome the Bangla Solar New Year through festivity, rituals and cultural programmes. Different age groups wearing colourful clothes cerebrate the day with traditional rural Bangla meals: hilsa fish and ‘panta’. Pahela Baishakh promotes the values of peace, solidarity

Sonargaon Hotel to celebrate Bangla New Year

Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka will hold ‘Bangladeshi Traditional Fair’ to celebrate the Bangla New Year 1420. The three-day fair, which will begin on April 13, will display Bangladeshi handicrafts, clothes, souvenirs and snacks. The hotel’s most popular restaurant Café Bazar will offer

Pahela Baishakh Celebration in Dhaka

Ushering in 1418 Pahela Baishakh Celebration in Dhaka The nation welcomed ‘Pahela Baishakh’, the first day of the Bangla year 1418, on Thrusday amidst vibrant pageantry, leaving behind the gloom of the past and pledging to uphold the nation’s opulent cultural heritage. Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life, in traditional clothes, ... Read more

Pahela Baishakh celebrated

The nation celebrated the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, on Thursday amid traditional fanfare and festivity leaving behind the gloom of past and pledging to uphold the nation’s heritage. Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life dressed in traditional clothes poured into the streets, parks and open spaces ... Read more

Pahela Baishakh: Symbol of the timeless

It is that time of year when the Bangalees celebrate their heritage and, through that celebration, assesses their place in the universal scheme of things. For the Bangalees, like millions of others across the globe, have a claim on history based on the cultural tradition their ancestors shaped for them, one that they renew annually ... Read more

Baishakhi celebrations have given us an individual identity: Aly Zaker

Weach Bangla New Year we start a new journey. Leaving all the sorrows, sad and bad times behind us we move forward. We welcome Pahela Baishakh by celebrating the occasion. We re-discover ourselves with the Baishakhi celebrations. It reminds us of our cultural identity and heritage as we celebrate Pahela Baishakh with new hopes in ... Read more