Pohela Boishakh, otherwise popularly known as Pahela Baisakhi or Poila Baisakh, is the celebration of the Bengali New Year or Nabo Barsho in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It celebrates the advent ...

Wearing a printed cotton frock was a must on Poila Boishakh, that I fondly remember,” said singer Iman Chakraborty reminiscing her childhood memories of the new year. In an exclusive photoshoot ...

Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said the upcoming Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New Year) celebrations will be conducted appropriately, just as in previous years. Speaking to journalists ...

If we Bengalis have one special day that we can truly call our own it would have to be Poila Boishak, our very own New Year, gushed Arun Chakraborty, the popular composer of the iconic 1970s folk ...

The Bengali New Year celebration is popularly known as ‘Poila Baisakh’ (Bengali poila = first, Baisakh = the first month in Bengali Calendar). It’s the first day of the Bengali New Year ...

From West Bengal’s Poila Baisakh to Maharashtra’s Gudi Padwa, My Kolkata takes a cultural journey across regions and states Nancy Jaiswal Published 14.04.24, 05:18 PM ...