Google‘s new Doodle Friday featured a parade of colorful banners in the shape of an owl, tiger and the sun, in celebration of Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali calendar. The revelry in the ...

Sumon Howlader gets nostalgic as mid-April draws near and people in Bangladesh’s bustling capital city Dhaka gear up to celebrate Bangla New Year, the country’s largest annual non-sectarian cultural ...

For Joseph Komol Rodrigues, Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, is a time for celebrating tradition and culture in the midst of nature and people. Rodrigues, 67, a Catholic and ...

Pohela Boishakh 2025: Commonly known as the Bengali New Year, Pohela Boishakh will be celebrated on April 15, Tuesday. Celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour across West Bengal, Tripura, ...

Poila Baisakh 2025: Pohela Boishakh, also called Poila Baisakh or Noboborsho, signifies the beginning of the Bengali New Year. Celebrated on the first day of Boishakh in the Bengali solar calendar, ...