Calendar

Calendars for the new year

In a month, the pages of the calendar will turn and a new year will begin. Workers at printing presses in the Dhaka’s Fakirapul area are working all day long to print out new calendars for 2026.

Printing houses bustling with New Year calendars

One and a half months is still left until the New Year 2025. Once, the calendar was used to adorn the house walls. The companies and organisations used to compete to print calendars and these were their publicity tools. Although its usage has dropped at present, many companies still print calendars. Printing houses in Dhaka's Matuail are now bustling with calendars for the New Year 2025.

Origins of the Bengali Calendar