Pahela Baishakh celebration
Man arrested from Dhaka over inciting content against Pahela Baishakh celebration
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested a man on charge of circulating inciting and extremist content against Pahela Baishakh celebration.
PM will decide on hospital construction at CRB: JS committee chairman
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways Ministry, ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, today said the prime minister would make the final decision about construction of a hospital in...
Man arrested from Dhaka over inciting content against Pahela Baishakh celebration
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of DMP arrested a man on charge of circulating inciting and extremist content against Pahela Baishakh celebration.
JU Baishakh celebrations gloomy over student’s death
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have cut short its central ‘Mangal Shobhajatra (procession of good wishes)’ on the campus marking the Bangla New Year 1426, mourning the death of an...
Charak festival: A different kind of Pahela Baishakh celebration in Pabna
People from all walks of life in Satbaria village of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year with the century-old tradition of Charak festival.
Extra hours sought for Pahela Baishakh celebration
A cultural body seeks extra hours for outdoor celebration of Bangla New Year, Pahela Baishakh, which has been limited by the law enforcing agencies.
Evening ban to limit festivity
Slapping a ban on outdoor programmes in the evening of Pahela Baishakh should not be a way to protect women; it will only add fuel to extremism opposed to women's freedom, rights activists...
Baishakh sales peak
Local clothing retailers are expanding their businesses to cash in on the shopping spree ahead of Pahela Baishakh, the largest cultural festival in the country.
No Hilsa on PM’s Pahela Baishakh menu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not have Hilsa dishes on her Pahela Baishakh menu during the celebrations this year.
JU expels 5 BCL men over sexual assault
Jahangirnagar University expels five Chhatra League men of the university unit on charge of sexually assaulting a female student during Pahela Baishakh celebration.
DU sex attack: HC orders IGP to report by Jun 28
The High Court directs the inspector general of police to report by June 28 on the progress of police steps against sexual assault on women at Dhaka University campus during Pahela Baishakh...