ON A bright monsoon morning, the rainwater fills the clay pots and tanks of many homesteads in the southwest coastal belt of Bangladesh. For a few months, the trouble seems to ease, enabling the coastal community to cultivate a single crop of paddy. But when Chaitra and Baishakh arrive and the sun burns harder, the stored water runs out, and the old problems return: saline taps, failing tube wells and...
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.
Bangladesh University of Professionals celebrated 鈥楤angla Noboborsho 1432鈥� with vibrant festivities on Monday...
Under a joint initiative of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation and Bangla Academy, 7-day Baisakhi Fair began on Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka...
The nation on Monday celebrated the Bengali New Year 1432 across Bangladesh with festivity by displaying cultural diversities, harmony and unity...
Jagannath University is celebrating Pahela Baishakh鈥擝engali New Year 1432, in a festive atmosphere with colourful decorations, vibrant procession, the university鈥檚 first-ever Baishakhi Fair and cultural performances.
Bangla Academy in association with Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has organised a week-long Baishakhi fair on its premises.
The traditional colorful procession to celebrate Bengali new year organised by Dhaka University renamed as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra addressed diverse political and cultural issues on Monday morning.
The nation is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla year 1432, across Bangladesh with festivity, upholding the rich cultural values and rituals.
Chattogram-based cultural organisation Sammilita Pahela Baishakh Udjapan Parishad on Sunday cancelled Bengali new year celebration event as the stage set up for programme was vandalised by miscreants in the port city.
The nation celebrates Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year 1432, today by organising various programmes at public venues in the capital and elsewhere across the country.
ON THE first day of Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, the streets of Dhaka transform into a theatre of colour, memory and aspiration. Celebrated by Bengalis across religious lines, in both rural fields and urban neighbourhoods, Nababarsho is more than a calendar event, a declaration of identity. The performances that unfurl on this day offer a glimpse not only into how...
1989. It had already been way more than five years since Hussein Muhammad Ershad assumed office in December 1983. A political gloom filled the air. Not only in the capital Dhaka, but everywhere. We could feel the fearfulness, the gloom and the repression, then still living in a western small town, eagerly hoping to step in the University of Dhaka as a student...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday issued a message greeting the countrymen on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1432, to be celebrated on tomorrow.
Extensive security measures have been taken across Dhaka and the rest of the country over Pahela Baishakh to make sure that the celebrations are safer, smoother and more joyful than in previous years, said director general of the Rapid Action Battalion Shahidur Rahman on Sunday...
Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort will organise a daylong festival on April 14 comprising art, music and local cuisines, says a press release.
Amari Dhaka has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year 1432, with immense festivity, says a press release.
The Directorate of Madrassah Education under the education ministry on Wednesday ordered all madrassahs under it to celebrate Chaitra Sangkranti and Pahela Baishakh...
Home adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said that no security threat had yet been received over the celebration of the Chaitra Sangkranti and the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1432...
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education under the education ministry on Monday ordered all educational institutions under it to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14...
A preparation meeting of Pahela Baishakh celebration, the first day of Bangla year 1432 was held on Monday at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building at Dhaka University.
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year, will be celebrated this year at the national level ensuring the participation of all ethnic communities in the country, including Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Manipuri, and Garo.
Preparations for welcoming Bengali New Year 1432 began with an art workshop at the fine art faculty of Dhaka University on Thursday...
The government on Tuesday published a primary list of 1,156 rivers across the country to finalise rivers鈥� list by the next Bengali New Year after necessary verification...
At least 11 more people were killed between Monday and Tuesday afternoons in five districts as Kalbaishakhi kept thrashing Bangladesh, bringing the country鈥檚 longest-ever heatwave finally to an end...
The 15-day traditional Baishakhi Mela organised by Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation concluded at Sonargaon in Narayanganj on...
The air quality in Dhaka remained poor even during the Eid and Pahela聽Baishakh holidays when a massive number of people left the capital, significantly reducing vehicular movement and...
At least 77 people were killed and 109 more were injured in 70 road crashes across the country between April 10 and 14 amid the Eid-ul-Fitr vacations, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
A collaborative initiative of Asiatic Experiential Marketing Ltd, Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd, and Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd, Alpana festival, titled 鈥楢lpanay Boishakh 1431鈥� has successfully...
Cultural activists on Sunday celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali year 1431, breaking the time limit for Bengali new year celebrations announced by...
