Ahmadiyya convention begins

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Bangladesh began its three-day annual convention at its headquarters in the city Friday.
Foreign representatives joined about 5,000 Bangladeshi devotees in the gathering, the 90th of its kind at Bakshibazar, said a media release.
National Ameer Mobassher-ur-Rahman welcomed all and said that in its more than a century of presence in Bangladesh the Ahmadiyya community had proved themselves as ‘peaceful’ and ‘law abiding’ citizens, according to a news agency.