Staff Reporter :
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Friday with due solemnity and religious fervour.
The celebration began with Eid congregations across the country followed by sacrifice of cattle in the name of Almighty Allah.
On the occasion, prayers were offered seeking divine blessings for peace, progress and prosperity of the country as well as welfare of the Muslim Ummah.
The capital’s main Eid congregation was held at the
National Eidgah Maidan at 8:00am, which was attended by President Abdul Hamid, among other dignitaries.
Special arrangements for women were made at the National Eidgah. About 5,000 women could offer Eid prayers at the Eidgah.
Five congregations were held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am and 10:45am.
Bangladesh’s biggest congregation was held, as usual, at Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj at 9:00am.
The two city corporations — Dhaka South and Dhaka North — arranged 362 Eid congregations in the capital. Of them, Dhaka South held 228 congregations while Dhaka North 134. Outlying city corporations and district and upazila administrations drew up similar programmes to celebrate Eid. On the day, improved diets were served at government hospitals, prisons, orphanages, safe homes and shelter centres.
The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zilhajj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day some 4,000 years ago, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS) who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Allah. But, the Almighty in His benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed. Earlier, the government had taken elaborate programmes to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha across the country with due solemnity and religious fervour.
Millions of people left the capital and other major cities to celebrate the Eid with their near and dear ones in the countryside. Railway stations were seen overcrowded for the last few days as were bus and launch terminals as home-goers headed for their destinations. Makeshift cattle markets in the city as elsewhere had witnessed the rush of buyers for sacrificial animals.
A three-day Eid holiday began on Thursday.
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Friday with due solemnity and religious fervour.
The celebration began with Eid congregations across the country followed by sacrifice of cattle in the name of Almighty Allah.
On the occasion, prayers were offered seeking divine blessings for peace, progress and prosperity of the country as well as welfare of the Muslim Ummah.
The capital’s main Eid congregation was held at the
National Eidgah Maidan at 8:00am, which was attended by President Abdul Hamid, among other dignitaries.
Special arrangements for women were made at the National Eidgah. About 5,000 women could offer Eid prayers at the Eidgah.
Five congregations were held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am and 10:45am.
Bangladesh’s biggest congregation was held, as usual, at Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj at 9:00am.
The two city corporations — Dhaka South and Dhaka North — arranged 362 Eid congregations in the capital. Of them, Dhaka South held 228 congregations while Dhaka North 134. Outlying city corporations and district and upazila administrations drew up similar programmes to celebrate Eid. On the day, improved diets were served at government hospitals, prisons, orphanages, safe homes and shelter centres.
The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zilhajj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day some 4,000 years ago, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS) who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Allah. But, the Almighty in His benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed. Earlier, the government had taken elaborate programmes to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha across the country with due solemnity and religious fervour.
Millions of people left the capital and other major cities to celebrate the Eid with their near and dear ones in the countryside. Railway stations were seen overcrowded for the last few days as were bus and launch terminals as home-goers headed for their destinations. Makeshift cattle markets in the city as elsewhere had witnessed the rush of buyers for sacrificial animals.
A three-day Eid holiday began on Thursday.
