Dhaka, April 14 -- Leaders from politics, diplomacy, culture, literature and business joined bdnews24.com's Bangla New Year 1431 celebrations in Dhaka on the Bangladesh's festival of life - Pahela Baishakh - on Sunday.

bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi and his colleagues welcomed and entertained the guests who spent the first afternoon of the year in the Bangla calendar at Old DOHS in Banani with chit-chats and banters.

Dressed mostly in crisp ethnic wear, they were greeted with Bengali gourmet.

Graced by internationally acclaimed artist Monirul Islam and author Anwara Syed Haque, young artist Mohammad Iqbal, Rashid Amin and writer-translator Andalib Rashidi also joined the celebration.

The presence of Dhaka North M...