Pahela Baishakh today

Pahela Baishakh today

Pahela Baishakh, the largest cultural festival of the Bengalis to welcome the Bengali new year, will be celebrated today with much enthusiasm and amid stepped-up security across the country. Thousands of people in Dhaka are expected to converge at Ramna Batamul, the main venue of the celebrations, at sunrise as Chhayanaut, which has been observing the day since 1965, will usher in the Bengali year 1416, rendering songs of Rabindranath Tagore sung by its students............. more info... http://www.newagebd.com/2009/apr/14/front.html#2