I said, “The history of Bengali New Year and calendar is somehow unclear and it is difficult to say exactly when it came about, but some assumptions can be made based on circumstantial evidence.

For a Bengali, an ideal Poila Baisakh — or the Bengali New Year — means new clothes, a ritual feast along with a box of sweets and a new calendar in hand. Calendars being sorted ahead of Poila ...

That is the calendar that ushers in the Bengali New Year. Now the question is how did we get the year 1422 BS on the 14th of April 2015 AD? The following consideration would show how it is done.

April 14 was the Bengali New Year, known in Bangla as Pohela Boishakh. A number of Indian calendars, of course, have their new year around now: the Punjabi, Assamese, and Tamil, to name a few. The ...

The Bengali calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pohela Boishakh which this year falls on April 14, while in Nepal, the new year 'Sindoor Jatra' was celebrated to welcome the advent of ...

Let’s greet the new year with renewed spirits and lots of cheer. Let’s welcome the year 1432 (Bengali calendar) with open arms and kind hearts.

Bangladesh is set to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year - 1421 - with pomp and colour lacing traditional gaiety, fairs, open-air concerts and rallies.

When the sun enters the constellation of Aries in the middle of April, many South and Southeast Asian communities usher in a new year. Last weekend, almost 150 Yale affiliates gathered in Sudler Hall ...

Bengali New Year, referred to as Pohela Boishakh, is celebrated April 14 in Bangladesh and marks the first day in the Bengali calendar. The event comes at a critical time for the organization as ...

I said, “The history of Bengali New Year and calendar is somehow unclear and it is difficult to say exactly when it came about, but some assumptions can be made based on circumstantial evidence.