Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community and a few small ethnic groups, ended Wednesday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity. The idols of goddess Durga and her offspring - Ganesha,

Quader urges all to maintain peace during Durga Puja

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday urged all concerned to remain alert to maintain peace and harmony during the ongoing Durja Puja. "A vested quarter wants to shift the responsibly to the government after carrying out attacks on the Hindu community," he said while

IGP to ensure security measures during Durga Puja

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed Monday asked the field level law enforcers to ensure flawless security measures during the Sharadiya Durga Puja celebration across the country. He expressed his hope that the Durga Puja, main religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated peacefully with collective efforts

Durga Puja to be celebrated at 713 mandaps in Jashore

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will be celebrated at 713 mandaps in eight upazilas of the district this year. The five-day long festival will begin on October 1 with due respect and religious fervor across the country and end on October 5 with immersion of

CCTV installation must at puja mandaps: Home Minister

Durga Puja  Installation of CCTV cameras have been made compulsory at all puja mandaps ahead of Durga Puja to ensure security, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said. Durga puja will be celebrated across the country from October 1 to October 5 and this year there will be 32,168 Puja mandaps across the country,

Puja mandap violence should have been prevented

The ugly incidents around Puja mandaps on Bijoya have scarred Bangladesh. It’s not something that people would like to see in their own land. Such violence is always manufactured by a group because violence around religious identities has no social basis in peasant societies which is basically what we are