Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- The Biswa Ijtema of the Maulana Zubair Ahmed faction of Tabligh Jamaat will be held in two phases in January next year, with the first phase from January 8 to 10 and the second from January 15 to 17 at the Ijtema ground on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi.

However, no final decision has yet been made on when or where the followers of Maulana Syed Wasiful Islam, commonly known as the Saad faction, will hold their Ijtema, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said on Thursday.

He disclosed the dates while talking to reporters after a meeting with leaders of the Saad faction at the Secretariat.

Salahuddin said the government earlier held discussions with the Zubair faction and met the Saad faction as part of efforts to reac...