Vijaya Dashami today brings the six-day Sharadiya Durgotsab to a close. Through idol immersion, followers of the Sanatan faith will bid farewell to Goddess Durga across the country. The Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad has instructed puja organisers to complete all immersion rituals before evening, citing security concerns.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said religion is a personalmatter of an individual but the common identity of people of all faiths in Bangladesh is their citizenship.
Today is Maha Navami of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the followers of Sanatan Dharma. Tomorrow Wednesday (October 21) is Bijoya Dashami. The five-day festival will end with the immersion of the idols. Goddess Durga will return to Kailash. Therefore along with the joy of the festival there is now the sadness of farewell in the minds of the devotees. Preparations are going on at every mandap to bid farewell to the goddess.
Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdullah Al Zahir has been made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) following the recovery of a huge quantity of drugs in an anti-drug drive at a house he rented out in the 300 Feet area of the capital.
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has conducted an anti-narcotics raid at a house rented out by Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdullah Al Zahir in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area, detaining 84 people, including 58 young men and 26 young women.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi are set to hold bilateral talks in Tokyo on October 27 to strengthen bilateral relations, deepening economic partnerships and increasing investment.