Organisers blame attack and lack of cooperation from administration for the cancellationOrganisers call off Pohela Boishakh event at DC Hill after stage vandalised in ChattogramThe Sammilito Pohela Boishakh Udjapon Parishad has announced the cancellation of its daylong Bengali New Year celebration at DC Hill in Chattogram after the stage for the event was vandalised. The stage was attacked around 7:15pm on Sunday near the Buddhist temple at DC Hill, while preparations for the event were ongoing. The Sammilito Pohela Boishakh Udjapon Parishad has been organising New Year and year-end programmes at DC Hill for the past 46 years. Eventually, at a meeting on Apr 10 at the district commissioner’s conference room, permission was granted to hold the event at DC Hill from morning till afternoon. Following the announcement of cancellation, the organisers vacated the DC Hill premises.
