Pahela Baishakh celebration

Recipes for a Boisabi celebration

'Boi-Sa-Bi' is a combination of the Bengali acronyms for various indigenous festivals like Boisu of the Tripura, Sangrai of the Marma, and Bizu of the Chakma communities. It is a three-day long festival, celebrated between 12 and 14 April. Here are a few flavourful recipes of traditional and non-traditional dishes that every host can try on the occasion of Boisabi.

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 Chattogram Railway Building (CRB) area.

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 English department student last night.

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.

Baishakh sales peak as people prepare to welcome Bangla New Year

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.

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 said yesterday.

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.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

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 celebration.

May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015

Pahela Baishakh sex attack: Rewards to find 8

Eight people are identified from the close circuit camera footage of the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University, and Tk 1 lakh has been announced as reward for capture of each assaulter.

May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015

Cop suspended over brutality on women activists

The DMP suspends Nayek Anis for his alleged involvement in yesterday’s brutality on women activists who were protesting the sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration.

April 25, 2015
April 25, 2015

The outrage and issues thereof

THERE is understandable outrage at the alleged sexual assault of at least 20 women by a large group of men during the Bengali New Year celebrations at the Dhaka University.

April 23, 2015
April 23, 2015

Sexual assault: Allegations, authorities' response need probe, says DU VC (video)

The adminstration’s underplaying and protesters’ accusations on sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration should thoroughly be probed, opines Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique.

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