DHAKA: Vast crowds of Muslims prayed near the Bangladeshi capital as the second largest annual Islamic congregation after the Hajj began Friday under tight security.
Over a million devotees flocked to the River Turag at Tongi, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Dhaka, as a scholar from Pakistan led the opening sermons of the Biswa Ijtema, or World Muslim Congregation.
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