Greeting the people on the eve of Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali new year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for working together to build a beautiful future, forgetting past failures.
"Assalamualaikum, the New Year has again come within us in this round of the years. I wish all the brothers and sisters staying at home and abroad greetings for the New Bangla Year 1431. Shuvo Noboborsho," she said in a video message on Friday.
Pohela Boishakh will be celebrated on Sunday.
"Let's leave behind all the failures, sorrows and pains of the past and work together to build a beautiful future in the New Year," she said.
The prime minister ended her message by quoting a few lines from poet Sufia Kamal, calling for letting go of the old days and welcoming the new dawn in the new year.