On the banks of the Turag River in Tongi, Gazipur, Bangladesh, the second phase of the 57th Biswa Ijtema has commenced.

Following Fazr on Friday, Maulana Ilyas Bin Saad of India delivered the Aam Bayan, or general sermon, which marked the start of this year's Biswa Ijtema's second part. Maulana Munir Bin Yusuf translated the discourse into Bangla.
At 1:30 pm, Maulana Yusuf Bin Saad will conduct the jummah prayers. Prior to that, following 10:00 am, Maulana Ilyas will deliver a sermon on Talim.

Before jummah, Maulana Munir Bin Yusuf will give a sermon on Fazayel. Maulana Sheikh Mufleh of Saudi Arabia will give a sermon following the jummah prayer. Maulana Sheikh Abdullah Mansur will interpret the sermon into Bangla.

Following the Asar prayers, Maulana Mosharraf (Bangladesh) will give a speech.

Following the Magrib prayers, Maulana Yusuf Bin Saad of India will give a discourse. Maulana Zia Bin Qasim will be the one translating.

This information was provided on Friday by Tablighi Jamaat Bangladesh Nizamuddin's media coordinator, Muhammad Sayem.

Muslim worshipers are already swarming the Ijtema ground and its environs.

More than 2,000 international Muslims have arrived at the field's assigned housing as of Friday morning, representing more than 50 nations including Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Muslim academics from both domestic and foreign countries are occupied with sermons, zikr-askar, taskeel, talim, kargujari, and prayers on the field.

In the meantime, around 6,000 law enforcement personnel have been sent to the Ijtema region to carry out their duty. As was the case in the first phase, Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Mahbub Alam stated that a robust security system is in place.
It was Thursday night and there had been six deaths at Ijtema. They passed away from old age and disease, according to Mohammad Sayem, the media coordinator.

The identities of four of them have been known. These included Mohammad Abdul Kalam (65), son of the late Mohammad Mafiz Uddin of Ramkrishnapur village, Sherpur Sadar; Mohammad Abdul Halim Mia (65), son of the late Mohammad Sultan Uddin of Kutubpur village, Kendua Police Station, Netrokona; and Mohammad Zahir Uddin (70), son of Yusuf Uddin of Shibnagar village, Nawabganj Police Station, Dinajpur district.

The remaining two's identities were unconfirmed.

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