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Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the year in the Bengali calendar, has its origin in the Mughal times when Emperor Akbar employed the Bangla calendar to facilitate tax collection.
True to this line, traders and shopkeepers open Halkhata (fresh accounts book) on this day and offer sweets to their customers.
The celebrations in the city will begin at sunrise with the gathering of thousands of people under the banyan tree at Ramna Udyan where artistes of cultural organization Chhayanaut will perform welcome songs.
The artistes of the organization will render traditional Pahela Baishakh song—“Eso hey Baishakh eso eso”--to welcome the year.
Students of Dhaka University’s Institute of Fine Arts will bring out ‘Mongol Shovajatra’ from the premises of the institution in the morning in a colorful revelry.
Besides, different socio-cultural organizations will chalk out elaborate programmes on Pahela Baishakh.
Tight security measures have been taken for facilitating Bengali New Year 1420 celebration across the country.
Law-enforcing agencies will ensure the security to avert any unwanted incident where thousands of people will throng for the pageant, including Ramna Park, Suhrawardy Udyan, Central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka University, Shahbagh and Dhanmondi.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police urged all to leave Ramna within 5:00pm on the day and asked to leave Suhrawardi Udyan by 7:00pm.
A significant number of law-enforcing agencies will be on the watch across the country, mainly in and around Ramna Park, the main venue of the traditional celebrations.
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