The Ramna Batamul bombing was a series of bomb attacks on 14 April 2001 at a cultural programme of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations arranged by Chaayanot, the leading cultural organization of Bangladesh.

The Islamic fundamentalist group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami later confessed their involvement in the attack.

It is celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal as well as Tripura by the Bengali people and by minor Bengali communities in other Indian states, including Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha.

[3] Shortly after, there was a second blast when police were conducting evacuations and rescue operations.

The state-owned television station BTV was broadcasting the programme live from Ramna Batamul.