Pohela

Southeast University (SEU) organised a day-long festival on the occasion of Bengali New Year-1423 and Pohela Boishakh at its permanent campus on April 18, 2016. Chaired by the vice chancellor of SEU Prof Anwar Hossain, the inaugural ceremony of the ...

Melai jai re, the upbeat track by Feedback remained inseparable from the celebrations of Pohela Boishakh ever since it was written in 1988. After 27 years since its inception, the song triggered controversy and protest among a some, during the ...

I began going to Pohela Boishakh festivities in the Dhaka University campus even before I enrolled as a student of DU. As a female non-resident DU student, I used to hang out on campus with my friends every day till 9pm, mostly in front of the Central ...

A girl paints a flower on her friend's hand during Pohela Boishakh celebrations at the Loutitt Community Hall on Saturday, April 16, 2016. The festival, hosted by the Bangladeshi Society of Wood Buffalo, marks the start of the new year according to the ...

Pohela Boishakh was celebrated with due fanfare and not many reports on molestation of women were made. However, these are early days yet: News of untoward incidents may still crop up from the rest of the country. There has already been a report of a ...

Sunsilk and Channel i organised an event at the Dhaka Bangabundhu International Conference Center (BICC) on Pohela Boishakh. For the third time, Sunsilk and Channel i have come together to celebrate the beauty and confidence of the youth through an ...