Every Bangla Naboborsho or Bangali New Year, I am deluged with requests for interviews by newspapers, periodicals and television...

Workers Party, key ally of AL led 14-party alliance, reacts against restriction on celebrations of Pahela Baishakh after 5:00pm, demands withdrawal of restriction.

Rajshahi University authority asks its students to end Pahela Baishakh programmes on the campus by 5:00pm.

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 weather outlook for celebration of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year, this year is bleak with a forecast of scorching heat and “unbearable” humidity. The weather will yeild a lot of sweat, which will not dry up and result in discomforting experience – especially within a crowd.

Detectives claim of arresting four militants of banned militant group JMB from Mymensingh Sadar upazila.

After a long hiatus, popular actor, director and television host Afzal Hossain is coming up with a special programme for BTV on Pahela Baishakh.

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.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to strike hilsa off tomorrow's menu at her official residence, Gono Bhaban, in an effort to discourage people from having jatka (hilsa fry) on Pahela Baishakh.

A year has gone by but law enforcers could not even properly identify the people responsible for the sexual assault on women on Pahela Baishakh last 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.

Demanding withdrawal of restrictions on Pahela Baishakh celebration programme, rights activist Sultana Kamal says the decision is reflection of “medieval thought”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not have Hilsa dishes on her Pahela Baishakh menu during the celebrations this year.

A lot has been said about whether to eat Hilsa fish during this Pahela Baishakh. But how much do we know about this interesting, often enigmatic fish Bangalis are so proud of? Do we know why we never find any Hilsa without eggs, why they die as soon as they are taken out of water?

Pahela Baishakh is our day of colourful celebrations where people from all walks of life get together and celebrate the Bengali New Year.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police reiterates the restrictions on this year’s Bangla New year celebration that will include curb on outdoor activities after 5:00pm.

To bid farewell to the old year and to celebrate the arrival of the first day of the Bangla calendar on “Pahela Baishakh”, preparations are on in full swing in the port city.

Narir Jonno Nirapod Bangladesh Andolon, a new platform of social, cultural and human rights organisations, will remain vigilant at and around Dhaka University to ensure women's safety during the celebration of Bangla New Year.

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?

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.