Tens of thousands of people have gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital to listen to sermons by Islamic scholars ...

Millions are expected to attend the annual Ijtema in Bangladesh -- considered the world's second biggest Muslim gathering ...

Muslim devotees gathered for the noon prayers on Friday during the Bishwa Ijtema, held on the outskirts of Dhaka. The event, ...

Muslim devotees pray during the first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, at the banks of the Turag river in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday ...

As a result, train services on the Dhaka-Tongi-Dhaka route have been suspended since 3:40pm on Monday. Station Master Mohammad Anwar Hossain of Dhaka Railway Station confirmed the suspension of train ...

Ready-made garment (RMG) workers have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the Hurricane area of Gacha in Gazipur demanding payment of arrears.  The blockade created a three-kilometre-long traffic ...

Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

at the banks of the Turag river in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Credit: AP/Mahmud Hossain Opu A.K.M. Shahidur Rahman, director-general of the elite Rapid Action Battalion ...

Protesting frequent robberies, students in Tongi blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for 45 minutes, demanding safety measures and pledging to collaborate with police to prevent crimes. The blockade ...

Tens of thousands of people have gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital ... on the sandy banks of the Turag River in Tongi, just north of Dhaka, the capital. The event dates back ...