Religion

Durga Puja to be held at 30,225 mandaps countrywide

Shawdesh desk: Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangale Hindu community, will be arranged at 30,225 puja mandaps across the country this year. In the wake of the

Mecca reopens after 7-month pause for coronavirus

Shawdesh Desk: Saudi Arabia will reopen the Muslim holy places for the year-round umrah pilgrimage on Sunday with extensive health precautions, seven months after coronavirus disease (Covid-19) prompted its suspension.

Mahalaya is today, but Durga Puja starts on October 22

Shawdesh Desk: 2020 is a strange year by all means. First, the coronavirus pandemic introduced the world to a new normal. The crisis was followed by several earthquakes, cyclones, death,

Janmashtami being observed

Shawdesh desk: The Hindu community is celebrating Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, on Tuesday with due religious fervour. According to Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe

1,000 pilgrims arrive in Mina to perform hajj

Shawdesh Desk: About 1,000 pilgrims arrived on the Mina Valley outside Makkah on Wednesday to participate in this year’s hajj amid the coronavirus pandemic. This time, the Saudi government has

Saudi Arabia gears up for downsized Hajj

Shawdesh dEsk: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday begins hosting the annual hajj pilgrimage, dramatically downscaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has barred millions of international pilgrims for the first time

Eid-ul-Azha on August 1 in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: The National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that the moon of Zilhajj month was not sighted in the sky of Bangladesh, so the Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the

Saudi opens hajj registration for foreign residents

Shawdesh desk: Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make up 70 percent of the pilgrims after it scaled-back the annual