The three-day first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began on the banks of the Turag at Tongi after Fazr prayers yesterday.

High Court upholds death penalty for six persons who were convicted earlier of assassinating Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master in Tongi near the capital, Dhaka, in 2004.

The High Court is set to deliver today its verdict on the death reference and appeals in the case filed in connection with the assassination of Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master in Tongi in May 2004.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says around 1,000 volunteers will be deployed at 14 spots on different highways ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to ensure smooth vehicular movement.

Forest officials rescue 18 hilly mynas from Tongi, at the outskirts of Dhaka.

Two youths have been hacked to death by unidentified criminals in Ershadnagar area under Tongi of Gazipur city.

Two young men are hacked to death by miscreants in Tongi area in Gazipur.

A five-year-old boy drowned in an abandoned well dug for setting up a water pump in Tongi upazila of Gazipur.

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion yesterday rescued 30 wild birds and two rhesus monkeys from a weekly bird market, which sits every Sunday, in Tongi of Gazipur.

An alleged criminal was killed in a "shootout" with Rapid Action Battalion at Tongi in Gazipur early yesterday.

An alleged criminal is killed in a “gunfight” with the members of Rapid Action Battalion in Tongi river port area of Gazipur.

A suspected criminal is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Tongi of Gazipur.

Another person who was burnt in a fire at a factory of Pubail in Tongi of Gazipur dies. Abdul Kader, 60, succumbed to his injuries at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

At least five persons, including a woman, were killed in a fire which might have originated from boiler explosions at a factory of Pubail

Experts confirm that the time bomb-like devices recovered in Gazipur do not contain any explosive elements.

The Akheri Munajat, seeking spiritual well-being and welfare of the Muslim Ummah, of the second phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, ends.

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims in the world, is continuing today amid sermons being delivered in Tongi on Dhaka’s outskirt.

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the world's second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, began yesterday on the bank of the

This year for the first time the Biswa Ijtema is being held in four phases to deal with the huge crowd and lack of accommodation for the devotees.

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, begins today on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur.