The world bids farewell to the outgoing year 2023 forgetting all odds and sorrows, and welcomes 2024 with new hopes and vows at midnight.
The people, particularly the youngsters, have joined different New Year programmes when struck 12 midnight.
In separate messages, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen on the eve of New Year 2024.
On this special occasion, people have already conveyed their best wishes to their friends and beloved ones through different messaging applications and social media platforms.
Usually the New Year's Eve comes as an occasion for huge celebration across the globe, bidding farewell to the outgoing year.
As 2023 gone, Tonga, Kiribati and Samoa- tiny Pacific island nations- were the first to ring in a new Calendar year.
Corporate and government officials and various organisations also did the same thing as they do every year to greet their nearest ones.
The day is also a moment of looking back to the outgoing year for reviewing the successes and failures and planning strategies to reach new goals for the New Year, with accomplishing the unfinished tasks those need to be done in the coming days.
The year 2023 was a significant year for Bangladesh as the country saw many successes in major areas, including infrastructure development, economy, agriculture and driving the IT sectors towards attaining the middle-income status.
Arranging the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections slated for January 7, 2024 has added a new dimension to the celebration of the New Year as candidates of different political parties were seen engaging in different programmes in festive mood to encourage the people to exercise their voting rights.
Despite global unrest situation and economic downturn due to Russia-Ukraine and Gaza wars, Bangladesh witnessed some milestones in the outgoing year that are ushering the hope of taking the country forward further with economic progress to become a developed and smart nation by 2041.
BDST: 0030 HRS, JAN 01, 2024
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