Photo Story: Old memories of Pahela BaishakhThe colourful, extravagant celebration of Pahela Baishakh is amiss this year as the coronavirus outbreak struck Bangladesh. Photojournalists of bdnews24.com pulled the memories back from their old archives about the first day of Bengali New Year 1427. 'Mangal Shobhajatra' 1412. The statues of an owl and an elephant were at the head of 1416 Mangal Shobhajatra parade. Chhayanaut’s celebrations of Pahela Baishakh were cancelled for the first time during the Liberation War in 1971.

Source: bd News24 April 14, 2020 21:45 UTC