Bengali New Year (Pôhela Boishakh) Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sazzad Hossain / SOPA Image
Thousands of Bangladeshi people celebrate the first day of the Bengali New Year or Pohela Boishakh, with different colorful rallies, cultural programs with traditional dance and music, this Bengali year was introduced during the regime of Emperor Akbar to facilitate revenue collection in the 16th century.
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