The commission, however, has urged all to organise such religious gatherings after the Dec 30 elections to keep the atmosphere calm. Bangladesh is awaiting a warm election campaign for around a month ...

The Election Commission has sent a letter to returning officers and local administrations saying that it did not impose any restriction on arranging any religious gathering or waz mahfil ahead of the ...

Police said they will keep an eye on waz mahfils to identify those delivering indecent speeches in the name of sermons. Monirul Islam, chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) ...

Mahbub Alam, a joint commissioner of the police’s Detective Branch, divulged the information teased out from the recently arrested leaders of Hifazat during questioning. Hifazat leaders with extreme ...

The Election Commission has given instructions to not allow any Waz Mahfil or religious gathering before the upcoming general election, which is set to be held on December 30. A letter was sent by ...