It is the custom of the Bengalis to celebrate the New Year on the first day of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali calendar. An integral part of our culture. This festival is closely associated with history and tradition.Bengalis in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Tripura in India celebrate this day with special festivities as New Year. Wishing the new year prosperity. The merchants set out for the new year after paying the old year's accounts. Which is called halakhata. With the sweet faces and gifts of the buyers, the accounts of the past are closed ....

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As soon as the word Baishakh or Bengali New Year celebration comes to mind, the food of Panta-ilish comes out with open mouth. If there is no feast of fried hilsa, burnt chilli, fried eggplant, aluvarta and panta hilsa in the morning, then the celebration of Baishakh will be ruined. However, the history of introduction of panta-ilish with Boishakh is not very long.According to the research, Panta-Ilish was started in 1983 at the base of Ramna. Every year a large number of people gather due to the Ramna New Year festival and the Mars procession of fine arts of Dhaka University. However, due to the Corona situation, no event has been held for two years. However, the Baishakhi of Panta-ilish is being organized at home in a limited range.From time immemorial, Bengalis have been celebrating the first Baishakh in various ways including fairs and halakhatas. Arranging good food from house to house during the day is also a regular occasion. However, Panta or Hilsa was never associated with the first Baishakh.

