Sun News Desk: Five more devotees have died on the bank of Turag River at Bishwa Ijtema ground during the 2nd phase.

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So far, With the death of four more from Friday evening to night, the total number of death reached five.

The four devotees were identified as Abdul Hannan, 45, of Dhaka's Kodomtoli; Md Borhan, 48, of Dhaka; Hamid Mandal, 55, of Gabandha; and Mofizul Islam, 54, of Savar. Another devotee died early hours on Friday.

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Indian Islamic scholar Maulana Yeakub Ali conducted sermon after Fajr prayers On Saturday.

Earlier, thousands of devotees from home and abroad attended Jumma prayers, led by Maulana Saad's son Yusuf bin Saad Kandhalvi, at the Ijtema ground on Friday.

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However, Maulana Saad is not attending this year's Ijtema. The sermons were delivered by Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Mohammad Osman which were translated into Bangla by Maulana Zia bin Qasim.

Noted that the first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema ended on January 15 with Akheri Munajat.

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Tabligh Jamaat has been organising the congregation in Tongi since 1967. In 2011, it divided Ijtema into two phases to accommodate a large number of attendees.

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