Dhaka, April 13 -- The Sammilito Pohela Boishakh Udjapon Parishad has announced the cancellation of its daylong Bengali New Year celebration at DC Hill in Chattogram after the stage for the event was vandalised.

"We organisers have decided not to go ahead with the programme following the attack," said Sucharit Das Khokon, the council's coordinator, speaking to bdnews24.com on Sunday night.

"We won't organise the programme. The attack and the administration's lack of cooperation led us to this decision. We've informed the additional deputy commissioner (general) of our decision not to hold the event," he added.

The stage was attacked around 7:15pm on Sunday near the Buddhist temple at DC Hill, while preparations for the event were ongoi...