BSS, Khulna :
All sorts of Preparations have been completed to celebrate ‘Pahela Baishakh’, the first day of the Bengali New Year, amid traditional festivities on April 14 next.
Meanwhile, People are thronging city’s different markets to by Baishakhi clothes for their near and dear ones.
Khulna District Administration, different Socio-cultural organisations and Political parties have taken elaborate programmes to mark ‘Pahela Baishakh’
in Khulna city.
Khulna District Administration will begin the day with a colourful procession which will start from Shaheed Hadis Park and to end at Deputy Commissioner Office.
Khulna Shishu Academy will arrange different competition marking the Bengali New Year. On April 13, folk song and dance competition will be held at ‘Ka’ group belonging to nursery-class five and six-10 grader under ‘Kha’ group.
Afterward, a discussion about the heritage and history of Bengali New Year will be held at the Shishu Academy followed by a cultural programme and prize distribution ceremony.
Khulna district jail and ‘Shishu Paribar'(Orphanage) will organise cultural programme at their own premises while various handicraft items made by prisoners will be exhibited at jail premises.
All Educational Institutions including Khulna University (KU), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) will celebrate colourful ‘Pahela Baishakh’ programmes.
Sammilito Sangskritik Zote, Udichi, Students of Fine Arts Discipline of Khulna University (KU) will bring out a colourful procession (Mongol Shovajatra) and will organise discussion meeting and cultural programme.
Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party, Sammiltya Sankskritik Jote, Khulna Union of Jurnalists (KUJ), among others, will celebrate Pahela Baishakh in different ways.
Talking to BSS, Deputy Commissioner Md Moniruzzaman Talukder said District Administration will celebrate Pahela Baishakh in limited scale excluding ‘Panta Utsob’ and cultural programmes due to the holy month of Ramadan.
Meanwhile, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has taken three tires security measures on the day of ‘Pahela Baishakh’.
KMP would be deployed over 2,000 members of law enforcement agencies on the day in Khulna city for ensuring peaceful celebration of the Bengali New Year.
Plain cloth Police, Mobile Petrol team, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) would be deployed while huge electronic devices including close circuit cameras have been set up to mark ‘Pahela Baishakh’.
Additional Commissioner of KMP Rakibul Islam said on Monday that KMP has taken three tires security measures to celebrate the day of ‘Pahela Baishakh’.
He also requested the city dwellers including cultural organisations,university students for not carrying any bags and not to tune ‘Bhubhujela’ during the “Mongal Shovajatra”.
