Last year, the New Year procession titled ‘Borshoboron Anondo Shobhajatra’ set out from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka, after the name was changed from ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’. This year, the name is being changed again.
Last year, the New Year procession titled ‘Borshoboron Anondo Shobhajatra’ set out from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka, after the name was changed from ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’. This year, the name is being changed again.
Bangladesh

Not ‘Mangal’ or ‘Anondo’, ‘Baishakhi Shobhajatra’ is the new name

Special CorrespondentDhaka

It will no longer be called ‘Anondo Shobhajatra’ or ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’. From now on, the Bengali New Year procession on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali year will be known as ‘Baishakhi Shobhajatra’.

Cultural affairs minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury announced the decision today, Sunday after a meeting at the secretariat.

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