Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 15, 2013 – Shia Muslims in Bangladesh are observing Ashura amid religious fervour and solemnity today, the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram in Islamic calendar. Muslims across the world commemorate the slaying of the prophet Mohammad’s(sm) grandson Imam Hussein ibn Ali in 680 AD in the Battle of Karbala on the day. The day has symbolic importance in the struggle for justice and truth for the Muslims .