Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam yesterday said all public events celebrating the Pahela Baishakh must end by 2:00pm on April 14. No food shops will be opened as the celebration will be held during the month of Ramadan, he said while assessing security arrangement for the Bangla New Year celebration at
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London Grace celebrates Pahela Baishakh
London Grace School in Dhaka held Baishakhi fair and Bangla New Year celebrations on Saturday depicting the six seasons in stage performances. The students and teachers also exhibited different cultural heritages of the nation through different programmes.
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
Thousand singers welcome Pahela Baishakh
Like every year, Pahela Baishakh has been celebrated in the capital, other districts and rural regions across the country with the same zeal and gusto this time to welcome the Bangla New Year 1420. From all the arrangements of cultural organisations, participation of artistes and crowding of audience, it can be said that Pahela Baishakh ... 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
Audience demands out of the box
From the schedule of programmes received, it seems that the local television channels plan to broadcast run-of-the-mills programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh like they have over the past few years. Typical Pahela Baishakh special plays, telefilms, phono-live concerts and live telecast of the day’s cultural programmes happening inside and outside of the capital will occupy
Hilsa takes last jump before Pahela Baishakh
The price of hilsa took its last jump on the capital’s kitchen markets on Saturday, a day before Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1420. The price of hilsa weighting around 1 kg-1.5 kg increased by Tk 400-Tk 800 a kg in a day, said fish traders. A piece of hilsa ... Read more
Shoppers rush for last-minute buying
With only one day left for the beginning of the Bangla New Year, shoppers are pouring into the malls and makeshift shops in the Dhaka city to finish off their last-minute buying. Shoppers and shopkeepers have told New Age that owing to series of hartals this year shopping for Pahela Baishakh celebrations is very dull ... Read more
Hilsa price skyrockets
The price of hilsa skyrocketed on the retail markets in the capital o ver the week ending Friday ahead of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year. Hilsa price increased by Tk 200-Tk 300 a kilogram over the week. Traders said a large quantity of hilsa came to the market
Govt takes programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh
The government has taken elaborate programmes to welcome the Bangla New Year 1420 through traditional Pahela Baishakh celebrations. As part of the programmes, the first day of Bangla new year will be government holiday. The president and the prime minister will give
Thousand singers to perform in Surer Dhara’s programme
Surer Dhara singers are in the final stage of their preparation for performance to celebrate the last day of the Bangla calendar known as Chaitra Sankranti and the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of another Bangla year, through a series of programmes. Each day, the singers and dancers are holding rehearsals at the Lalmatia Girls’ ... Read more
Preparations for Pahela Baishakh celebrations underway
Preparations for the upcoming Pahela Baishakh 2013 are going on in full swing as the first day of the Bangla month ‘Boishakh’ will be celebrated on April 14. This year’s Mangal Shobha Jatra strives to symbolically represent people’s struggle against evil forces to establish a modern and liberal nation, said the organisers.
Chhayanaut ready for Pahela Baishakh celebrations
Chhayanaut has completed the preparation for the upcoming Pahela Baishakh celebrations at the Ramna Batamul. Considering the current political crisis, the Chhayanaut artistes will render songs highlighting the non-communal spirit along with the typical songs they sing in the Pahela Baishakh celebrations. A total of 137 artistes
Hilsa continues to be pricier ahead of Pahela Baishakh
The price of hilsa witnessed further rise on the retail markets in the capital over the week ending Friday on the eve of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla new year. Traders said the demand for hilsa was increasing with the Pahela Baishakh approaching and people were taking preparations to celebrate the occasion which ... Read more
Ushering In 1419
Celebrating the biggest Bengali secular festival The nation celebrated ‘Pahela Baishakh’, the first day of the Bangla year 1419, last Saturday amidst vibrant pageantry, leaving behind the gloom of the past and pledging to uphold the nation’s opulent cultural heritage. Hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, in traditional clothes, poured into ... Read more
Pahela Baishakh celebrated
People celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, ushering in 1419 with much fanfare amid hopes and expectations on Saturday. Celebrations took place in metropolitan cities and district towns with people, in colourful dresses, visiting fairs, attending folk performances and wishing each
People ring in Bengali New Year
Pahela Baishakh celebrations take place today across Bangladesh, West Bengal and other areas that are home to Bengali-speaking people to usher in the Bangla year 1419. Such celebrations are taking place in other metropolitan cities and district towns with people, in colourful dresses, visiting fairs, attending folk performances and wishing each other
Hilsa goes out of reach in city kitchen market
Market Review Hilsa goes out of reach in city kitchen market Price of Hilsa went out of reach for the middle class and low income people on Friday in the city’s kitchen markets just a day before the biggest Bangali festival –Pahela Baishakh. A one-kg Hilsa was sold for Tk 2000-2500 at Palassey and New ... Read more