Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- The change has made Ashwin a 31-day month, which means Kartik will start on Thursday and the season of Hemanta is delayed by a day as the revised calendar went into effect from Wednesday.

Some newspapers, however, missed the revision and published Wednesday's issues with the Bangla date as Kartik 1. Some online news outlets also showed Kartik 1 as the Bangla date.

The year 1426 is under way in line with the Bangla calendar.

In the old Bangla calendar, the first five months had 31 days and the remaining seven months 30, with Falgun, the 11th month, having an additional day in the leap year.

The first six months will be with 31 days, Falgun 29 days (30 days in leap year), and the rest five months will have 30 days in l...