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Bangladeshi land revenues are still collected by the government in line with this calendar. [9] The calendar's new year day, Pohela Boishakh, is a national holiday. The government and newspapers of Bangladesh widely use the abbreviation B.S. (Bangla Son, or Bangla Sal, or Bangla Sombat) for Bangladeshi calendar era.
In Bangladesh, however, the old Bengali calendar was modified in 1966 by a committee headed by Muhammad Shahidullah, making the first five months 31 days long, the rest 30 days each, with the month of Falgun adjusted to 31 days in every leap year. [10]
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) [n 1] (Phonetics: pohela bōiśakh) is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian [2] states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley).
BENGALIYEAR}} gives current year based on the revised Bengali calendar (which is officially adopted for use in Bangladesh), and gets automatically updated on Pohela Boishakh when celebrated in Bangladesh. Use {{BENGALIDATE}} to show today's date in the Bengali calendar
Bangladesh has numerous public holidays, including national memorial, religious and secular holidays of Bengali origin. The Bengali traditional calendar, known as Baṅgābda is the national and official calendar in Bangladesh. The holidays are celebrated according to Bengali, Islamic or Gregorian calendars for religious and civil purposes ...
The first day of Boishakh is celebrated as the Pôhela Bôishakh or Bengali New Year's Day. [4] The day is observed with cultural programs, festivals and carnivals all around the country. The day of is also the beginning of all business activities in Bangladesh and neighboring Indian state of West Bengal and Tripura.
Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন, romanized: Pôhēlā Phālgun, lit. 'First of Falgun '), also spelled Poyla Falgun ( Bengali : পয়লা ফাল্গুন , romanized : Pôẏlā Phālgun ), is a festival observed the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh . [ 1 ]
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