The main Eid jamaat was held at the National Eidgah on the premises of the High Court in Dhaka on Saturday (April 22) morning.
President M Abdul Hamid offered the prayers of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims, along with hundreds of people from all walks of life at the National Eidgah Maidan.
Country's noted personalities, including chief justice, cabinet members, Supreme Court judges, lawmakers, senior political leaders and high civil and military officials also offered prayers at the main Eid jamaat at about 8:30am.
After the prayers, president Hamid exchanged Eid greetings with the Musullies at the Eidgah.
The President usually attends the traditional Eid prayers in capital's National Eidgah Maidan but in the past three years, the programme was scrapped due to the Covid pandemic.
Khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Mufti Ruhul Amin Faridpuri conducted the Eid prayers.
A special munajat was offered seeking divine blessings for peace and progress of Bangladesh and welfare of the people as well as the Muslim Ummah.
In the munajat, a sound and long life of the President and Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna was also sought.
A special prayer was also offered seeking eternal peace of the martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the county and its people in different democratic movements, particularly during the Liberation War in 1971.
Prayer was too offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other members who faced martyrdom on the fateful night of August 15 in 1975.
The Eid jamaat was held under the auspices of Dhaka South City Corporation. Special arrangement has been made for women to offer Eid prayers at the National Eidgah.
An intensified security measures were taken in and around the prayers ground.
Earlier, on his arrival at the Eidgah Maidan, the president was received by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque, DSCC mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, state minister for religious affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan.
BDST: 1055 HRS, APR 22, 2023
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