Preparations afoot to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in Khulna, Rangpur

BSS, Khulna :

All preparations have been completed to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festivity of the Muslims, in the district likely to be held on Saturday with due religious solemnity.
The main congregations of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at 8am on Eid day at the Circuit House Ground. Mowlana Muhammad Saleh, Khatib of Town Jame Mosque, will conduct the main Jamaat.
The second main Eid Jamaat will be held at 8:30 am at Model Jame Mosque, adjacent to Khulna Alia Madrasa, while the third Eid-Jamaat will be held at 9.30 am at Khulna Town Jame Mosque in the city.
Besides, Khulna City Corporation (KCC) with the cooperation of ward councilors will organize Eid Jamat at each KCC ward while all executive committee of Jame Mosques will arrange Eid Jamat at their suitable times at their Mosques and Eidgahs.
Important places and the city roads will be decorated with flags marking Eid Mubarak.
Improved diet will be served in all government hospitals, prisons, orphanages and children’s families on Eid day.
Khulna Regional center of Bangladesh Betar will broadcast special programmes on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and local newspapers will publish special supplements.
Islamic Foundation will arrange seminar and discussion meeting marking the importance of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr. City’s children’s park will be kept free for the destitute and under privileged children.
Organized by Khulna District Sports Association, a charity football match will be held after Eid-ul-Fitr while Khulna Shilpokola Academy will arrange Eid reunion and Shishu Academy will arrange charity programme “Eid Anonda Mela” for the under privileged and orphanage children.
BSS from Rangpur adds: The main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation (Eid Jamaat) will be held at Rangpur Collectorate Eidgah Maidan at 8.30 am on the Eid day in the city amid due religious fervor amid adequate security measures.
Officials in the district administration and Islamic foundation said public representatives, high officials, dignitaries, political leaders, academics, civil society members and professionals are expected to participate in the main congregation.
Alternatively, the first main Eid-ul-Fitr Jamaat will be held at the District Model Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center at 8.30am and the second congregation at 9 am there if the weather remains unfavorable.
Rangpur City Corporation in association with the district administration, Islamic Foundation and Rangpur Metropolitan Police is working relentlessly to complete all preparations to arrange the main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation. Eid-ul-Fitr congregations will be arranged at Eidgahs, mosques and open grounds in the city, all eight upazila headquarters and three municipalities and rural areas across the district.
The national flag will be hoisted atop all government and private buildings, improved diets be served to inmates of the hospitals, orphanages, jail, vagrant centres and Shishu Paribars.
Rangpur City Corporation continues decorating Rangpur Collectorate Eidgah Maidan for the main congregation and main streets with the national flag and colorful flags and banners bearing inscriptions ‘Eid Mubarak’ giving charming looks to the city.
Besides, the main streets and major buildings will be illuminated and colorfully decorated on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
In Rangpur city, major Eid-ul-Fitr congregations will be held at Keramotia Jam-e-Mosque, Rangpur Court Jam-e-Mosque, Munshipara Eidgah, Keramotia Jam-e-Mosque, Nasirabad Ekramia Jam-e-Mosque, Rangpur Medical College Central Jam-e-Mosque, Burirhat Central Eidgah, Central Bus Terminal Jam-e Mosque and other Eidgahs and mosques between 8:30 am and 9:30 am.
Outside the city, bigger Eid jamats will be held at Mithapukur Central Eidgah, Badarganj Chandamari Central Eidgah, Badarganj Central Eidgah, Pirgachha JN High School ground, Kawnia Central Eidgah, Taraganj Chowpathi Eidgah, Pirganj Central Eidgah and Paikan Baro Jumma Mosque ground in Gangachara upazila between 8:30 am and 10 am.