A violent altercation broke out on Tuesday between two factions of Islamic scholars over the organization of the Ijtema in Tongi, a town located 40 km from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. The clash ...

TONGI, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to listen to sermons by Islamic scholars at the Biswa Ijtema, or global ...

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims gathered on Tuesday on the banks of the Turag in Gazipur’s Tongi to join the final prayers (Akheri Munajat) of the largest Muslim congregation after Hajj.

A man was allegedly killed over a financial dispute in Gazipur's Tongi early today. The deceased, Jibon Mia, 27, was a helper on the VIP 27 bus service. He was attacked and stabbed while returning ...

A woman was killed after being hit by a covered van in the Ershad Nagar area of Tongi on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway around 12.30am last night. The deceased, a woman around 55 years old ...