First-phase Biswa Ijtema to end today with Akheri Munajat

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The first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, is set to end through the Akheri Munajat (final prayer) in Tongi of Gazipur today.

Bangladeshi leader of Tabligh Jamaat Maulana Jubair Hassan is scheduled to conduct the final prayer between 11am and 12 noon.

The Ijtema began on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi after Fazr prayers on Friday.

Thousands of local and foreign devotees took part in the religious event to seek divine blessings of the Almighty Allah.