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2nd phase ends with Akheri Munajat

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The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema concluded Sunday with several million devotees coming from across the country and abroad offering Akheri Munajat or the final prayer.
All roads led to Tongi since early Saturday, with people streaming in on all sorts of transport. Thousands of them had to make it on foot as vehicular movement on the

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Ijtema ends today

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The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after hajj, concludes today with thousands of devotees expected to participate in the final supplication, Akheri Munajat, on the banks of Turag river in Tongi.
The second phase passed its second day yesterday with tens of thousands of devotees from

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2nd phase of Ijtema begins today

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The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, is set to begin today on the banks of the Turag in Tongi. The rituals will start after Fazr prayers. Several million devotees from home and abroad will join the three-day Ijtema.
A large number of people are expected to join the Juma prayers at the Ijtema venue

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1st phase of Bishwa Ijtema ends with akheri munajat

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The first phase three-day Bishwa Ijtema of the Tabligh Jamat ended on the bank of the River Turag on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka on Sunday with several million devotees from home and abroad seeking peace.
About five lakh people gathered at the places, even spilling over nto adjoining areas, on the last day of the event to take part in the final prayers (akheri munajat), conducted by

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First phase Akheri Munajat today

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The Akheri Munajat or concluding prayer of the first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the world’s second biggest congregation of Muslims, will be offered today some time before or after the Johr prayer.
Maulana Zubairul Hasan, son of former Ameer of Biswa Tablig Jamaat, is expected to lead the Akheri Munajat.
President Zillur Rahman, prime minister Sheikh Hasina, opposition leader Khaleda Zia,

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Thousands seek peace as Bishwa Ijtema begins

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Thousands of Muslims sought peace and revival of Islamic tenets as the joined Bishwa Ijtema that began by the bank of the River Turag on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka on Friday.
Devotees streamed into the venue, braving the biting cold, at dawn as the congregation began with the sermon by Pakistani Maulana Tarek Jamil after the fajr

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Bishwa Ijtema concludes with Akheri Munajat

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Thousands of people from home and abroad sought forgiveness from the Almighty Allah and prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of the Muslims in the final prayers (Akheri Munajat) of the three-day second-phase Bishwa Ijtema that ended at Tongi in Gazipur on Sunday.
Maulana Jobaerul Hasan from Delhi, a member of the Tabligh Jamaat advisory committee

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First phase Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

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The first phase of Biswa Ijtema at Tongi near the capital ended yesterday afternoon with the offering of Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) seeking divine blessings for the people of Bangladesh and the Muslim Ummah. The Ijtema venue on the banks of the Turag river and its adjoining areas reverberated with the word ”Amin” repeatedly uttered by lakhs of devotees from home and abroad raising their hands

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Concluding prayers today

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Biswa Ijtema
Concluding prayers today
The three-day-long first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, will conclude today through offering Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the banks of the Turag.
Hundreds of thousands of devotees from home and abroad will pray for spiritual progress, exaltation and welfare of the Muslim community

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Biswa Ijtema begins

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6 devotees die
Prayers and sermons marked the first day of Biswa Ijtema — one of the largest congregations of Muslims — as it opened on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi yesterday morning.
Six participants died of cardiac arrest and old age complications on Thursday night and early yesterday, organisers said, as the Ijtema opened after Fajr prayers.
Lakhs of devotees from home and abroad are attending the congregation being held in two phases. The banks of Turag — 20 km from the capital — turned into

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Bishwa Ijtema begins today

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The annual Bishwa Ijtema of Tablig Jamaat—one of the worled’s largest congregations of muslim devotees—begins today on the bank of the river Turag in Tongi amid religious fervour and tight security measures taken by the authorities.
This will be the first of the two phases of prayers as the organisers for the first time decided

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