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

The quest for the soul’s salvation drives countless devotees to brave the inclement weather at the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj.

Ignoring cold, lakhs of devotees from home and abroad yesterday joined the first day of Biswa Ijtema on the Turag bank in Tongi to seek divine blessings.

The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur.

The first phase of three day-long Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the Hajj, begins on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur today.

A Habiganj court sends a teenage boy arrested on charge of sexually harassing a schoolgirl to Tongi Juvenile Correction Centre.

The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed holds at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.

Eight people die as a train rams into a three-wheeler at an unmanned level crossing in Bakkikhan area of Gazipur.

A python, 25 Munias and 10 Parakeets including Alexandrian and Rose Ringed Parakeets have been rescued during a raid in a weekly bird market at Tongi in Gazipur.