DHAKA, Dec 4, 2019 (BSS) – The first phase of three-day Bishwa Ijtema, the
second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, will begin on the bank of
River Turag at Tongi in Gazipur from January 10 next year.
After concluding the first phase, the second phase of the 55th Bishwa
Ijtema will begin from January 17.
The Akheri Munajat seeking the peace, prosperity, brotherhood and the
welfare of the Muslim Ummah separately would take place at the end of the
Ijtema, said a source close to the Ijtema preparation committee here today.
On behalf of the Ijtema preparation committee and the administration, the
necessary field preparations works aiming to hold the Ijtema, the largest
religious gathering organised by the Bishwa Tablig Jamaat, is going on full
swing for the last one month.
“Hundreds of volunteers including teachers, students, professionals and
common people are voluntarily participating in the works for preparing the
Ijtema ground everyday from dawn to dusk”, said an organiser M Mamunur Rashid
of the Ijtema preparation committee.
The volunteers are working for building tent with cloth and bamboo
pillars, construction of katcha toilets, installation of utility services and
road construction at the Ijtema ground, he said.
Earlier, the preparation works of Ijtema Maidan were formally begun from
November 4 while State Minister for Youth and Sports M Zahid Ahsan Russel
inaugurated these.
The government has already extended all the cooperation for holding the
religious event peacefully, said the State Minister, adding that the Awami
League government has set up a total of 13 deep tube wells surroundings of
the Ijtema ground for the last 11 years.
Noted Indian Islamic scholar Mawlana Illyus Akhter Kandhalovi introduced
the Ijtema in 1920. The Bishwa Ijtema has been taking place on the bank of
River Turag in Tongi since 1967.