The nation bids farewell to the outgoing year 2023 forgetting all odds and sorrows as it is set to welcome 2024 with new hopes and vows at midnight.

The people, particularly the youngsters, will join different New Year programmes when the clock strikes 12 am.

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 celebrations across the globe, bidding farewell to the outgoing year 2023.

As 2023 draws to a close today, Kiribati, an island country situated to the east of the International Date Line, in the central Pacific Ocean in Oceania, will first welcome the New Year. The country will welcome 2024 at 10:00 am GMT (3:30 pm IST).

The islands of Tonga and Samoa will welcome the New Year after Kiribati, following which the party travels westward, with New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Japan and South Korea welcoming 2024 next.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.

BDST: 1721 HRS, DEC 31, 2023
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