Dhaka, July 6 -- The Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), is being observed in Bangladesh on Sunday with due religious fervour and solemnity.

Ashura, the 10th of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, commemorates the date in the Hijri year of 61, when Hazrat Imam, the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), along with his family members and 72 followers embraced the martyrdom in the hands of Yazid's soldiers at the desert of Karbala to uphold the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Today is a public holiday.

A Tazia procession in Dhaka was brought around 10:20am from the Gate 1 of Hussaini Dalan.

The procession was scheduled to pass through Bakshibazar Lane, Lalbagh intersection, Shaheed Minar Ro...