Several cultural groups of Mymensingh staged colourful performances on Pahela Baishakh.

Pahela Baishakh, since the nineties, has had a boom – in terms of participation, grandeur, outreach and possibly 'urbanisation' of the festival.

Thousands of people assembled under the Bodhi Vriksha (A holy tree under which Lord Buddha got enlightenment) of Ramna Park to hail Pahela Baishakh. This year, Chhayanaut's Borshoboron programme, themed on “Peace, Humanity and Rights of Human Beings”, set off with sitar recital on Raga Parameshwari (created by Pandit Ravi Shankar) by Ebadul Huq Shaikat.

As a new dawn ushers in the Bangla New Year 1422, the capital is abuzz with Baishakhi melodies, colours and merriment.

Sharmin Lucky became a star through the popular culinary show “Siddiqua Kabir's Recipe”, and since then, has been a stylish model and a

In her short career, Sumaiya Shimu has appeared in many hit TV plays, and continues to act with great enthusiasm.

Chaitra Sankranti is an age-old festival of rural Bangla which marks the last day of a Bangla year. The Bangla calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pahela Baishakh.

A five-day (April 10-14) crafts fair is on at the premises of Bengal Gallery in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.

Like previous years, a watercolour camp is being held at Nokkhottrobari resort, Gazipur. The fourth installment of the camp started yesterday (April 12) and will continue till Pahela Baishakh (April 14).

“It was around 1974 when I recorded that song, in Kolkata. It became a huge hit there, and a few months later when I was traveling back there

National Crafts Council of Bangladesh (NCCB) and Bengal Foundation jointly organised an award ceremony and a five-day fair to promote crafts that appear to be disappearing in Bangladesh.

Thursday was a day of heavy rains in the Moulvibazar area. Like the new tea leaves blooming on every plant, an air of festivity lingered in the tea estates.

Noted singers, lyricists and musicians inaugurated Gaan Mela at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) premises on April 9. Music Industries Owners Association of Bangladesh (MIB) has organised the 10-day music fair.

Preparations for Chaitra Sangkranti and Pohela Boishakh are gathering steam in Barisal city.

As elsewhere in the country, socio-cultural and educational organisations of the port city are now busy readying to herald Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year, and to bid farewell to the old year.

On Boishakh, why not add a striking traditional gift to your list? For starters you could venture out to the village of Dhamrai, north of Dhaka beyond Savar, on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway.

Legendary film actress Suchitra Sen's 84th birth anniversary was observed in Pabna amidst festivity on April 6.

Images of different traditional birds, animals, decorated pots and different musical instruments are being made at the department premises to add more colour to the procession.

Moviyana Film Society and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy have launched a yearlong competitive film festival, with the title “New Films, New Filmmakers”.

Three-day celebrations of the National Film Day 2015 began yesterday at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC) premises, through a rally, seminar, and display of film posters and stills.