Bangladesh's Bengali New Year celebration returns with in-person events


By Karim

DHAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- After two years of muted festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people from all walks of life in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Thursday participated in a mega colourful procession featuring evocative masks, floats, and motifs of Bangladeshi culture.

The procession greeted Pohela Boishakh, or the first day of the New Year, with renewed hope and good spirits.

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