Dhaka, April 14 -- There will be no Chhayanaut event at Ramna Batamul in Dhaka, neither will there be any Mangal Shobhajatra parade from the Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts to ring in the Bengali New Year on Tuesday.

People will roll into the year 1427in the Bengali calendar amid gloom as the number of infections has crossed 800 with 39 deaths in a continued surge.

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also urged caution in their messages greeting the nation on the occasion.

"Bangladesh has also been affected by the virus. So, it is our prime duty to save the country and the people from the coronavirus," Hamid said in a message, noting that thousands of people were being infected and dying across the globe e...