Pahela Baishakh
DU teachers demand punishment to sex offenders
Dhaka University teachers demand immediate arrest and exemplary punishment against those involved in the incidents of sexual assault on women during Pahela Baishakh celebration on the campus.
19 April 2015, 16:09 PM
[WATCH] How Pahela Baishakh came to be
Muntasir Mamun, Professor of History at University of Dhaka, and Hashem Sufi, Researcher of History, tell us the facts behind how Bengali New Year celebration on Pahela Baishakh came to be.
19 April 2015, 14:53 PM
Sexual assault: DU students threaten movement
Teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University threaten to go for a tough movement from Tuesday if the sexual offenders in Pahela Baishakh’s incident on the Dhaka University campus are not brought to book by then.
19 April 2015, 10:19 AM
Opinion: Eyes wide shut
It took four days for the police to admit that at least 20 women were sexually assaulted by a large group of men during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University.
19 April 2015, 10:06 AM
Liton Nandi talks about Pahela Baishakh sexual assault (Video)
Protest outbursts in the wake of heinous sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration at Dhaka University on 14th April. Liton Nandi, president of leftist student body, Bangladesh Chhatra Union of the university unit was the youth who first apparently came to resist the rowdy mob at TSC area.
19 April 2015, 03:40 AM
Sexual harassment: Protests flood Facebook, Twitter
On the fourth day following the ruthless and inhuman sexual harassment on women at TSC on Pahela Baishakh, the social media continue to be flooded with protests from users, condemning the heinous act.
18 April 2015, 13:52 PM
BNP apologises to women
BNP apologises to the country’s women over sexual assault on some women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University campuses.
18 April 2015, 11:13 AM
Annisul promises CCTV surveillance
Condemning sexual assaults on women by rowdy men during Pahela Baishakh celebrations on Dhaka University campus, Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq says he has a plan to bring the entire city under CCTV surveillance if he is elected.
18 April 2015, 10:30 AM
2 bodies formed to probe Pahela Baishakh sexual assault
Dhaka Metropolitan Police form two probe committees to investigate into sexual assault of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University.
18 April 2015, 08:22 AM
Artist Kazi Ghiyasuddin's solo exhibition opens today
The exhibition titled “Notation. Reconstructed”, opens today (April 18) at 6pm at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts.
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
8 JU students suspended for abusing female student
Jahangirnagar University authorities suspend eight students over allegations that they sexually harassed a female indigenous student on the evening of Pahela Baishakh.
17 April 2015, 14:54 PM
Naboborsho in Delhi
The weather in the Indian capital was just right for ushering in the Noboborsho – cool breeze, chunks of clouds gliding across an azure sky and the
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Star-studded Baishakhi celebration
It was a star-studded scenario at the Trust Auditorium in the capital on Pahela Baishakh as hundreds of celebrities gathered at the venue
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Carrying the burden of un-redressed wrongs
ONCE again we are confronted with the news of yet another incident of mob violence. CCTV images showing a young girl being tugged and pulled
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Sexual assault on women and minor on Pahela Baishakh
THERE are no words to express the shock and disgust at the sexual assault of young women and a minor at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
BCL suspends 5 activists over assault at JU
Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, suspended five of its leaders and activists of Jahangirnagar University unit on charge of physically assaulting an indigenous student.
16 April 2015, 11:54 AM
Women assault at DU: Cops ask for CCTV footage
Shahbagh police seeks CCTV footage from police headquarters to identify the youths who assaulted 20 women at Dhaka University campus during Pahela Baishakh celebration yesterday.
15 April 2015, 06:42 AM
PM wishes peaceful life for people in New Year
Greeting all on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that there will be no reoccurrence of burning people to death in the future in the name of movement and people will live a peaceful life.
14 April 2015, 09:20 AM
Nation welcomes Bangla New Year
Nation welcomes the Bangla New Year 1422 today with its traditional fanfare and festivity.Shedding preceding year’s glooms to oblivion, people from all walks of life celebrates the Pahela Baishakh.
14 April 2015, 04:12 AM
A festival for all Bangladeshis
PAHELA Baishakh provides us with a reason to start afresh on a clean slate, to do away with all that is toxic and renew ourselves with
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM