Thousands of young people, both male and female, are taking part in the twin celebrations of Pahela Falgun[The first day of Spring according to Bangla calender] and Valentine’s Day today welcoming the advent of spring and sharing the great day of love.
The youngsters celebrate the occasions wearing colourful dresses, carrying flowers in their hands and singing love songs as well as spring songs.

People of the country wait eagerly all the year for spring festival with new hopes and aspirations. Spring is the most attractive season of the year and girls welcome the arrival of spring in Pahela Falgun( first day of spring according to the Bangla
calendar) wearing yellow saris. Incidentally Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day celebrations kick off on the two consecutive day starting from today.

The conservative elders and puritan senior citizens however do not welcome the spring festival and the changing faces of love as eagerly as the youngsters. But the change is omnipresent and it is engulfing the landscape and transforming the Bangladeshi society. Dhaka on February 13, 2010.

Celebrating the 1 st day of Spring (Falgun)’Bashanta Utshab’ was held on the campus of Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, and at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhanmondi .
The event was sponsored by Banglalink for the third consecutive year, said a press release.

Pahela Falgun, the first day of the Bangla month of Falgun, marks the beginning of ‘Bashanta’, the spring season in the country and it has special significance in the Bangladeshi culture.

The ‘Bashanta Utshab’ attracts a section of urban people, particularly university students with its vibrant colours.

Around 50,000 visitors come to enjoy this colourful event each year. Folk dances, folk music, recitations and rallies throughout the premises of the University of Dhaka were carried out as part of the Bashanta Utshab 1416. The surrounding area turned into Bashanti (yellow) colour with almost everyone turning up in yellow sarees, kameezes, or panjabees. Some of them even painted their faces to make the day yet more colourful.

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Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Friday proceeded to Bangladesh after completing his talks in India.

Gul was welcomed by his Bangladeshi counterpart Zillur Rahman at the Zia Airport in Dakka.

The two presidents will hold a tete-a-tete meeting and supervise the gathering of the two countries’ delegations.

Gul will receive Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and Finance Minister Abu Maal Abdul Muhith as well as attend a dinner to be hosted in his honor by President Rahman.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul, leading a large business delegation to Bangladesh, said on Friday he hoped trade with the South Asian country could be raised to $1 billion from $600 million.

Gul, the first Turkish president to visit Bangladesh since 1999, was speaking at a news conference with his counterpart Zillur Rahman.

“The annual bilateral trade could be raised to $1 billion or even more from the existing $600 million,” Gul said, noting that the big trade delegation accompanying him highlighted the importance Turkey attached to trade.

Gul was visiting with an entourage of some 180 people, mostly businessmen and entrepreneurs.

Rahman, speaking later at a banquet, asked the Turkish entrepreneurs to invest in various sectors in Bangladesh including textiles, shipbuilding, energy and tourism.

Gul will speak to a join session of business leaders from both the countries before meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader, former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, on Saturday.

Turkey, frustrated by the slow progress of its bid to join the European Union, has been expanding its activities both diplomatically and economically as it seeks to raise its global clout and find new markets for its growing economy.

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