In one country, everyone's birthday is January 1!

The Dhaka Times Desk Such similarities are not commonly found. And that is a country 'everyone's birthday' or January 1! Which country is that?

It is known that the birthday of a 43-year-old man named Samad Alabi, a resident of Afghanistan, is January 1. Not only his birthday, but on the same day his wife, two sons and 32 friends, besides the birthday of thousands of Afghans or this January 1!

According to a report published by the news agency AFP, a citizen of the country, Samad Alabi, said that January 1 seems to be the birthday of all Afghans. But how is this possible? It is reported that since the actual date is not known, they chose January 1 as their next birthday.

Lacking birth certificates or official records, many Afghans have long used seasonal or historical days as their birthdays to determine age. The reason is social media like Facebook and growing demand for passports and visas that Afghans have to determine their date of birth. As the actual date of birth is not known, they choose January 1 as their choice.

Birthday is also required to open an account on Facebook. So now January 1 has essentially become the mass birthday of Afghans. They don't want to make their birthday any date from Solar Hijri.

Explaining why, Samad Alabi said when I first opened my Facebook account in 2014, it was very easy to select January 1 as my birthday from the drop-down list. Internet speed was also very slow at that time. So it was difficult to find another date. So he chose January 1. In this way, while registering births, Afghans used January 1 as their birthday en masse. This is how the birthday of a country's citizen is January 1.