85-year-old Dinajpur lawyer Advocate Mawla Box has been cleaning his late wife’s grave and the surrounding cemetery every morning for 15 years. Since Jahanara Begum Jharna’s death in 2011, he has visited after Fajr prayers to pray for her soul. Married in 1970 after overcoming social barriers, he continues the ritual as a tribute to her love and sacrifices.
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2 min readShaykh Ahmadullah Calls for Harsher Punishment for Guilty Madrasa Teachers
Islamic scholar Shaykh Ahmadullah blamed unapproved and poorly regulated private madrasas for many reported cases of serious misconduct. He warned that such incidents damage the reputation of the entire madrasa system a…
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