Embrace Pahela Baishakh with stunning designer sarees, featuring timeless Gorod, elegant Jamdani, and sophisticated Rajshahi silk. Elevate traditional Bengali fashion using high-fashion halter neck blouses or modern fusion drapes to celebrate the vibrant New Year.

Marking Chaitra Sankranti 1432 and Pahela Baishakh 1433, the Academy staged an elaborate five-day cultural programme, which drew to a close through a rich showcase of folk performances and film screenings.

As dawn broke over Ramna Batamul yesterday, Chhayanaut’s chorus of 200 performers lifted “Jago alok‑logone” into the morning air, opening the celebration of Pahela Baishakh 1433.

Crunchy, sweet, and deeply nostalgic, Baishakh sweets are more than festive treats. They are edible memories passed down through generations. From brittle peanut confections to airy sugar drops, each sweet carries the warmth of home and the joy of a new beginning. As families gather to welcome the Bengali New Year, these timeless recipes bring together tradition, celebration, and the simple magic of sugar transformed.

Celebrate Pahela Baishakh globally as the Bangladeshi diaspora honors the Bengali New Year through vibrant cultural traditions. From Bristol to Oregon, communities unite for Mangal Shobhajatra, traditional bhorta, and folk music to preserve their heritage.

As the sun rises on the first day of the Bengali calendar, Bangladesh transforms into a vibrant canvas of crimson red and white.

Aims to end naming debate and promote unity through inclusive celebrations

Are the Bangla New Year and Halkhata celebrations today similar to the way they were back in the ‘50's or ‘60’s? How did Bangalis welcome the New Year in those days?

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla calendar, was celebrated amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm despite various restrictions prompted by last year’s women assault on Dhaka University campus.

You are wrong if you think that Mongol Shobhajatra began long ago. A group of students of Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University (DU) brought out the first colourful procession marking Pahela Baishakh in 1989.

The busy urban living does not allow us to perform many of our rituals, festivities and practices the way our families observed them over the years. One such ritual is Chaitra Sankranti celebration.

The summer is here and the heat of the sun is becoming unbearable. Thanks to the Equinox phenomenon (sun's direct position above the equator line), people get heatstroke, fall sick in this season. And children and elder people suffer the most.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday greeted her archrival Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Pahela Baishakh with a card.

Bangladesh Awami Olama League claims Pahela Baishakh celebration is ‘Haram’. So then, is our government upholding a ‘Haram’ culture as it is a public holiday? Are the 160 million Bangalis observing a Haram festival? How could one organisation openly declare this and walk away without any protest from any quarters or action from the government?

Vuvuzela, matches and lighters have been banned at Mongol Shovajatra brought out from the Institute of Fine Arts in Dhaka every year to celebrate the Bangla new year, the home minister says.

High Court asks government to explain why it should not direct to form a permanent task force to address the incident of violation of human rights by law enforcers.

The weather in the Indian capital was just right for ushering in the Noboborsho – cool breeze, chunks of clouds gliding across an azure sky and the

It was a star-studded scenario at the Trust Auditorium in the capital on Pahela Baishakh as hundreds of celebrities gathered at the venue

THERE are no words to express the shock and disgust at the sexual assault of young women and a minor at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate

Thousands of people gathered at Ramna Park and on Dhaka University campus to welcome the Bengali New Year 1422. Authorities concerned chalked out several traditional programmes to celebrate the occasion.