DHAKA: The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be marked on Sunday across the country as elsewhere in the Muslim World with due respect and religious fervor. 

Various religious, socio-political and cultural organizations are set to chalk out the elaborative programmes in the city and elsewhere in the country, including milad mahfil and Qurankhwani, marking the day.

To mark the day, Islamic Foundation is set to arrange Waj Mahfil after Magrib till on the day. The other program includes qirat mahfil and hamd-naat competition for the students, seminar and discussion meetings.

Apart form this, different mosques, madrashas and various religious organizations in the capital and elsewhere across the country will organize milad mahfil on the occasion.

On this day in 570 AD, the 12th of Rabiul Awal of the Hizri calendar, Prophet Muhammad was born in Makkah in Saudi Arabia with divine blessings and messages of peace for mankind. He passed away on the same day in 632 AD.

The day is a public holiday.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages on the occasion to greet the countrymen and the Muslims across the world.

BDST: 1616 HRS, JAN 02, 2015