No Tajia procession in Dhaka: DMP
GB Today Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has prohibited any kind of Tajia procession on Ashura this year to prevent the…
Religion
10-day Ganpati festival begins
Amid chants of Ganpati bappa moraya, thousands of devotees are taking the Lord Ganesha idol home as the…
3 killed in India clashes over post on Prophet Muhammad
Three people have died in the Indian city of Bangalore after police fired on crowds protesting against an…
Janmashtami to be observed Tuesday
The Hindu community of the country will celebrate Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, on Tuesday with…
Saudi Arabia concludes hajj amid pandemic
Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj,…
Six Eid jamaats to be held at National Mosque from 7 am
Six Eid-ul-Azha congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque from 7 am on the Eid…
1,000 pilgrims arrive in Mina to perform hajj
About 1,000 pilgrims arrived on the Mina Valley outside Makkah on Wednesday to participate in this year’s hajj…
Saudi Arabia gears up for ‘exceptional’ hajj
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday begins hosting the annual hajj pilgrimage, dramatically downscaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that…
‘Eid prayer at nearest mosques’
The government on Monday issued some directives asking people to offer Eid prayer at their nearest mosques instead…
Eid-ul-Azha: Covid-19, floods set to play spoilers
Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is just around the corner but the coronavirus pandemic…
Saudi Arabia announces Eid-ul-Azha on July 31
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court said on Monday the Day of Arafat will be on July 30 (Thursday) and…
Centuries old Ker puja begins in Tripura
The centuries old Ker puja began in Tripura capital Agartala from Tuesday. Ker puja is the most peculiar…
Lord Rama Nepali, Not Indian; Ayodhya Is Fake: PM Sharma Oli
While India was just heaving a sigh of relief over de-escalation of tension between India and China and…
Hagia Sophia: Pope ‘pained’ as Istanbul museum reverts to mosque
Pope Francis has said he’s “pained” by Turkey’s decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.…
Offer Eid prayer in nearest mosque: Ministry of Religious Affairs
The government on Sunday urged Muslim devotees to offer Eid prayer in the nearest mosques instead of Eidgah…
Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque
The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul – originally founded as a cathedral – has been turned back…
Saudi opens hajj registration for foreign residents
AFP: Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make…
‘Hajj pilgrims can take back registration money’
UNB: The pilgrims who paid for the registration of Hajj this year will be able to take back…
Muslims disappointed, but accepting, as Saudi scales back hajj
Muslims expressed disappointment Tuesday at Saudi Arabia’s decision to scale back this year’s hajj pilgrimage, but many accepted…
Hajj Money Refund 2020: Pilgrims from India will not go to Saudi Arabia – Here is how applicants will get full refund without deduction
In a major development, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has confirmed that honouring the decision of…