Dhaka April 19, 2025, 9:10 pm
The Ijtema began with ‘Aam Bayan’ (general sermons) by noted scholars after Fazr prayers on the day that will end with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) on January 15
15,000 people will be able to go to Hajj under government management while 1,12,198 can go under private management. The remaining 1,270 pilgrims can go to Saudi Arabia as members of the Hajj team (administrative and medical)
The Islamic Foundation (IF) on Monday issued directives for holding the Ijtema successfully, keeping intact the law and order, religious and social harmony as well as upholding the country's image before the foreigners, who w
The Bangladeshi State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan and Saudi Hajj and Umarh Affairs Minister Dr Tawfiq Bin Al Rabiah will sign the agreement on the behalf of their respective countries
Local weather office recorded 8.5 degree Celsius at 9 o'clock this morning
He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415
The Christian community celebrated the festival with huge enthusiasm and religious fervor by holding special prayers, illuminating churches and installing makeshift X-mas trees at homes and places of worship and missions
President Hamid exchanged greetings with the leaders of the Christian community at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Christmas, the main religious festival of the Christian community
she said this while exchanging greetings with the leaders of Christian Community on the occasion of Christmas Day at Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council, joining virtually from the Prime Minister's Office
Germany's largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits
The Biswa Ijtema, the world's second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held in two phases on January 13-15 and January 20-22 next year
Dhaka-based Sufi Unity for International Solidarity (SUFIS), a platform under the purview of Islamic spiritual hub of Maizbhandar Darbar, staged the conference which rallied overnight the Sufi scholars and leaders from across
On this day in 570, the 12th of Rabiul Awal of the Hijri calendar, Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Makkah with divine blessings and messages of peace for mankind. He also passed away on the same day
The festival is also known as Ashwini Purnima that marks conclusion of the three-month-long seclusion of the monks inside their monasteries for self edification and atonement of their defilement
During a courtesy call and exchange of greetings with dignitaries of the Hindu Community leaders and professionals at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Durga Puja, President Hamid also wished all the Hindus across the world incl
The idols of goddess Durga and her offspring - Ganesha, Karitik, Laxmi and Saraswati - were immersed at 4pm while the devotees received Shantijol (sacred water from where deities are immersed)
Devotees in their tearful eyes will bid farewell to the mother deity and her children – Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh – through the immersion of their idols in the water wishing Durga’s return next year
Kumari Puja, a special feature of puja to worship girls as the mother, held at 11:00 am on the day at Ramkrishna Math and Mission in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country after two years of hiatus
The devotees will sing hymns and offer flowers seeking the blessings of Durga, the saviour of humanity from all evils
The five-day annual celebration started with unveiling of the face of the deity and Kalparambho on Maha Shasthi and it will end on October 5 with the immersion of the idols on the day of Bijaya Dashami