Keep Valentine's flowers fresh longer by trimming stems at 45 degrees, removing submerged leaves, using room-temperature water, adding flower food, changing water every two days, avoiding fruit, keeping them cool, and reviving drooping blooms with warm water.
Today is Pahela Falgun. From 2020 onwards, due to changes in the Bengali calendar, the first day of spring or Basanta is celebrated on February 14, which coincides with St Valentine's Day.
For the last few years, we have been celebrating Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day on the same date. Hence 14th is all about expressing your love and having a good time.
The first day of Spring, Pahela Falgun, is being celebrated in a colourful way across the country.
Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring in the Bengali month of Falgun, is being celebrated across the country today in a colourful way with young girls and boys joining various functions wearing dazzling dresses.
The celebration of Basanta Utsav contributes to the colour palette of February. Pahela Falgun, the day when the Bengali spring season ushers in, makes yellow the only wearable for those who want to participate in the seasonal festivity.
Flower growers at Godkhali in Jessore's Jhikargachha upazila are passing hectic time ahead of celebrations of the first day of spring,
With blossom of flowers and new leaves in trees, nature is getting fresh and colorful shape that touch heart and minds of all ages of people as spring (Pahele Falgun) is knocking on the door.
Flower farmers of Jhikargacha in Jessore district, one of the largest flower markets of the country, expect to sell flowers worth over Tk 30- 35 crore ahead of Pahela Falgun (February 13), Valentine's Day (Feb 14) and International Mother Language Day (Feb 21).
Winter is the time of hibernation; a long, deep sleep for many animals through the harsh weather. The end of winter, therefore, marks the awakening of nature; new leaves bloom out on trees, flowers blossom and bees hover around in search of nectar, as new life is injected in the air, and all the gloom and mist of winter is left behind.
The arrival of Pahela Falgun, the king of all seasons, is always greeted with a profusion of flowers, poetry, songs and dances.
Creativity and an unerring eye for fashion trends are the two essential qualities of a superb designer, says Maheen Khan, prominent fashion designer and founder of renowned boutique, Mayasir.
Popular faces on the small screen Moushumi Nag and Shoyeb fell in love on the sets and took their romance to the next level by getting married. In a recent conversation, the talented actors spoke about what Pahela Falgun (the first day of the Bengali month Falgun) and Valentine's Day means to them:
