Religion

Saudi to allow around 1,000 pilgrims to perform hajj: minister

Saudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it announced the ritual would be scaled back

Saudi virus cases top 100,000 with new spike ahead of hajj

Shawdesh Desk: The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start

Decision over Hajj likely after June 15: State Minister

Shawdesh Desk: State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation

Saudi Arabia announces to open Masjid-e Nabawi to public in stages from Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: Saudi Arabia announced that the Prophet’s Mosque, also known as Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah, will gradually open to the public starting Sunday. Mosques across the Kingdom, except for

Eid tomorrow if moon sighted today

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow if the moon of Shawwal month is sighted in the sky of Bangladesh today.

Jumatul Wida today

Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, will be observed across the country on Friday with due religious solemnity and reverence. Thousands of Muslim devotees will

COVID-19: Uncertainty looms over this year’s hajj

Although millions of Muslims across the world, including those from Bangladesh, have eagerly been waiting to perform hajj in late July this year, uncertainty looms large over their largest congregation

Muslims join Jum’a prayers at mosques after a month

Many Muslims in the capital took part in Jum’a prayers at mosques on Friday, a month after the restriction on congregations was withdrawn subject to abiding by necessary medical advice.