Bengali business owners mark this day as the start of a new accounts book called ‘Haal Khata.’ Special puja of lord ‘Ganesh’ and ‘Laxmi’ is performed for a prosperous business year.

Pohela Boishakh, otherwise popularly known as Pahela Baisakhi or Poila Baisakh, is the celebration of the Bengali New Year or Nabo Barsho in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It celebrates the advent ...