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Eid-ul-Azha celebrated with religious fervour


The Eid jamaat was held at 8.30am. Pesh Imam of Bangabhaban Jame Mosque Mufti Maulana Saiful Kabir conducted the Eid prayers. Secretaries concerned to the President Office, only some other key COURTESY

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  • Published: 22 Jul 2021, 08:37 AM

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, one of the major religious festivals of the Muslims, was celebrated today across the country with due solemnity and religious fervour. This year's Eid was celebrated amidst fears of coronavirus as the pandemic faded the joy of the festival to a great extent. Muslim devotees celebrated the festival across the country with maintaining health guidelines and social distancing in the wake of the lethal virous.

The main Eid Jamaat was held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city at 7am followed by second, third and fourth Eid Jammat at 8am, 9am and 10 am there respectively. The fifth and last Eid Jammat was held at 10:45am.

President M Abdul Hamid offered prayers of Eid-ul-Azha along with his family members and some officials at the Hallway of the Bangabhaban here. The head of the state offered his Eid prayers at the Presidential palace with maintaining health rules, including wearing facemask and maintaining social distancing as the traditional Eid prayers in the capital's National Eidgah ground was scrapped in view of Covid-19 outbreak.

The Eid jamaat was held at 8.30am. Pesh Imam of Bangabhaban Jame Mosque Mufti Maulana Saiful Kabir conducted the Eid prayers. Secretaries concerned to the President Office, only some other key officials and staff attended the Eid prayers. After the prayers, President Hamid spent his time with his family members at the Presidential palace. But no ceremonial greetings with serving delicious food items, in presence of country's distinguished personalities and foreign diplomats or guests were seen there.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday greeted all Freedom Fighters (FFs) on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. Like the previous occasions, the Prime Minister sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the war-wounded FFs and members of the martyred families at the War-wounded Freedom Fighters' Rehabilitation Centre (Muktijoddha Tower-I) on Gaznavi Road in the capital's Mohammadpur area as a mark of her good wishes for them.

On behalf of the Prime Minister, her Assistant Private Secretary-2 Gazi Hafizur Rahman Liku, Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher and Assistant Press Secretary ABM Sarwer-e-Alam Sarker handed over these items to them in the morning.

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