Events include free festivals, charity celebrations, and performances by notable Bangladeshi artists, including singers ...

They say it risks erasing a symbol of Bangladesh’s pluralistic tradition. People march down a street during celebrations marking the Bengali New Year in Dhaka on April 14, 2025, with a bust apparently ...

I’m in New York City’s Little Bangladesh neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens speaking Bengali, or Bangla, the second most ...

The day marks the start of the Bengali calendar. Festivities include dance, music, and food. Haal Khata is observed. People wear new clothes. UNESCO recognizes Shubhojatra. The Bengali New Year ...

It all started with a king’s command and the struggles of farmers. But over time, Pohela Boishakh became much more than just a calendar fix—it turned into a celebration of people, pride, and protest.

Pohela Boishakh, also known as Poila Baisakh or Noboborsho is the traditional new year day of the Bengali people. The day is celebrated with joy, cultural pride and enthusiasm by Bengalis worldwide.

On the holiday, also known as Pohela Boishakh, Bengali people from Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand, and Assam and around the world, pray, cook traditional ...

People march down a street during celebrations marking the Bengali New Year in Dhaka on April 14, 2025, with a bust apparently depicting ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP] It ...

West Bengal seems to have undertaken such a monumental interdisciplinary exercise in establishing the antiquity of the Bengali ‘people’ and the Bengali language and literature — deploying the methods ...