DHAKA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — The smell of festivities filled the air with tens of thousands of people thronging parks and green spaces in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Wednesday to welcome the Pohela Falgun, the first day of spring, which coincided with Valentine’s Day.
Amid vibrant bursts of color, a troupe of artists danced and splashed each other with red and yellow colored powder at one of the major celebration ve