Pahela Baishakh

Pahela Baishakh celebrations across campuses

Universities across Bangladesh celebrate Pahela Baishakh.

Stars usher in Baishakh with heartfelt reflections

The Bangla calendar has turned a new year and bidding goodbye to 1431, we welcome 1432, bringing with it fresh energy, renewed hopes, and a collective dream of new beginnings. 

In photos / Nationwide celebrations of Pahela Baishakh

The nation joyfully welcomes the Bangla New Year 1432 today

Of music, colours and festivities: Nation welcomes Bangla New Year

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, is being celebrated with music, colourful rallies, and festive events.

Musings / What is Pahela Baishakh if not a dawn of hope?

As the crimson sun rises on the first day of Baishakh, its golden rays spill over a land alive with colour, music, and tradition

What does the Bangla New Year mean to me?

On the first day of the Bangla New Year, every nook and corner of Bangladesh is brightened.

Thousands gather at Ramna Batamul to welcome Bengali New Year

Thousands of Bangalees ushered in Bengali Year 1432 at Ramna Batamul on Monday morning, as Chhayanaut’s iconic Pahela Baishakh celebration marked its 58th edition with renewed hope, harmony, and heritage.

Year-end and new year festivals / A confluence of nature and culture

It is essential to understand how rural communities establish their cultural relationships with the ecosystems across different seasons.

Let us not squander this opportunity: CA

“Let it be this new year’s resolution that we build a new Bangladesh free of discrimination,” urged the chief adviser.

April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022

Pahela Baishakh 1429 ushered in at Ramna Batamul

After two long years, the welcoming ceremony of Bangla New Year has begun at Ramna Batamul with the first rays of today’s morning sun.

April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022

No clash between religion and culture: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said culture has no clash with religion -- referring to numerous attacks on cultural programmes including bombings at Pahela Baishakh celebration.

April 12, 2022
April 12, 2022

All Pahela Baishakh celebrations must end by 2:00pm: DMP Commissioner 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam today said all public events celebrating Pahela Baishakh must end by 2:00pm on April 14.

April 12, 2022
April 12, 2022

Pahela Baishakh is back

It is a Bengali festival like no other, for Bengalis and Bangladeshis of all walks of life feel pulled to the festivities for it traditional

April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021

Token Mongol Shobhajatra maintaining health rules at Dhaka University

Dhaka University is celebrating the Pahela Baishakh 1428 with a token programme, on a small scale, due to the current coronavirus situation.

April 14, 2021
April 14, 2021

'Strict lockdown': 1st day of Ramadan, Pahela Baishakh marked by mostly vacant Dhaka streets

The seven-day "strict lockdown" has begun this Pahela Baishakh morning with only a few people on Dhaka streets amid heavy presence of law enforcers to implement the restriction.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

Pahela Baishakh celebrated

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, was celebrated across the country amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

Shubho Nababarsho

To us, Pahela Baishakh has come to mean more than just the beginning of another new year.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

Pahela Baishakh: Look back at roots of the festival

Taxation systems must have gone through many reforms over the past 400 years. But perhaps nothing was so phenomenal than the one reform that took place in 1585.

April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019

The secular spirit of Pahela Baishakh

Let us think about the origin of the Bangla Naboborsho, how it evolved through the years and what the current status of this Naboborsho is.