Religion

Hajj registration ends, 44,043 quotas remain unfulfilled

Shawdesh Desk: The Hajj registration deadline ended at 11pm on Tuesday (February 6) keeping more than 44,000 quotas unfulfilled. Bangladesh now returns these quotas to Saudi Arabia. According to the

Good news for Hajj pilgrims: Saudi Arabia launches unified visa application platform

Shawdesh desk: To facilitate travel of Haj pilgrims, Saudi Arabia has launched a consolidated national visa application platform named KSA Visa. It’s a system that integrates more than 30 ministries,

Minimum cost of private hajj package set at Tk 5.89 lakh for 2024: HAAB

Shawdesh desk: Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday announced a package for performing hajj under private management in 2024 fixing minimum cost at Tk 5,89,800. M Shahadat Hossain, president

Saudi Arabia: Three rules for pilgrims to ensure smooth Tawaf in Mecca

Shawdesh desk: Saudi Arabia has set guidelines for pilgrims to perform a smooth Tawaf, a ritual circumbulation of the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, Islam’s most sacred site in

5-day Durga Puja being celebrated with offering Saptami puja

Shawdesh desk: The five-day Durga Puja is being celebrated for the second day on Saturday with Maha Saptami puja amid due religious fervor and gaiety. Maha Saptami puja is being

Durga Puja begins tomorrow with Maha Shasthi

Shawdesh desk: Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin tomorrow with Maha Shasthi puja at temples across the country amid festivity and religious fervour.

Hindus celebrating Mahalaya across country

Shawdesh desk; Hindus across the country are celebrating Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, on Saturday. Considered as a ceremonial invocation of Goddess Durga, Mahalaya

Discussion mainly focused on free, fair, participatory elections: CEC

Shawdesh Desk: The chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday said that the main focus of the Election Commission’s meeting with the visiting the United States pre-election assessment mission