Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from home and abroad offered Jummah prayers on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi, Gazipur, on Friday, the first day of the first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema.

Maulana Zubair Sahib, a leading elder of the Tablighi Jamaat, will lead the Friday prayers. The organisers expect several hundred thousand people to take part in the congregation. After Jummah ...

A study finds that severe drought plaguing parts of Somalia since 2022 has killed at least 71,000 people beyond the number expected. About 40% of the lives lost were children under the age of 5 ...

In an announcement on the official Facebook page of the student protesters’ group “Titumir Oikya,” at 3am on Friday, the demonstrators said they would hold Jummah prayers on the road.

BOSASO, Somalia, Jan 24 (Reuters) - More than 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, with officials yet to establish what caused their deaths.

Thirty years ago, making a phone call from Somalia meant crossing the border into better-connected Kenya or Ethiopia. Yet by 2004 the lawless nation had more telephone connections per capita than ...

Listen to our prayers; look with love on your people who mourn and pray for their brother (sister). Lord Jesus, holy and compassionate, forgive N. his (her) sins. By dying you opened the gates of life ...

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, said Wednesday that she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at ...

Partners involved in attempt to restore security in Somalia find themselves in familiar territory as another force comes through the Horn of Africa nation’s revolving door of peacekeeping ...

Imagine a friend of yours just woke up from a 15-year coma. They ask you to catch them up on politics, and once you get past the most obvious thing — “Wait, who is the president?” — you ...