2020 - New Year, New Pledge, New Hope for Bangladesh
People, particularly the youngsters, will join different New Year programmes when the clock strikes 12 midnight.
They have already conveyed their best wishes to their friends and beloved ones through greeting cards and using different messaging applications and social media platforms.
Corporate and government officials and various organisations also did the same things as they do every year.
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 coming year.
The year 2019 was a significant year for Bangladesh as the country saw many successes in major areas including politics, economy, agriculture, combating terrorism and driving the IT sectors towards attaining the middle- income status. The country was totally peaceful in the political landscape in the outgoing year.
Marking the day, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has beefed up security measures. It bans holding of any programme at open places for the sake of overall security.
The whole nation is expecting peace, progress and stability in the country in the coming year to harness the prospects for a better future of the people.
On the eve of the New Year, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted people of the country through separate messages.
