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BSS, Chittagong

The holy Eid-ul Fitr was celebrated today in the port city and the district as elsewhere in the country with due religious fervour and gaiety.

A total of 222 Eid congregations including three big ones - one at M A Aziz Stadium and two at Jamiatul Fala Mosque - were held in the city under the auspices of Chittagong Central Eid Jamaat Committee and Chittagong City Corporation respectively.

A large number of Muslim devotees offered their Eid prayers in the congregations and prayed for divine blessing for peace, prosperity and stability of the country as well as the Muslim Ummah.

Chittagong Metropolitan and district police sources said the Eid jamaats in the city and the district were held in a peaceful atmosphere.

Authorities had taken adequate security measures by deploying RAB, BDR, Police, and Ansars at various points in the city to maintain law and order before, during and after the Eid.

Soon after the offering of prayers people were seen exchanging greetings and embracing each other with the spirit of brotherhood and equality.

The other major Eid congregations were held at Andarkilla Shahi Jame Mosque, Laldhighi Maidan, Parade Maidan, Masjid-e- Baitus Sharif at Kadamtali, Fologround Railway Public High School Maidan, Shah Amanat Shah (R) Dargah Maidan, Metropolitan Police Lines Maidan, Agrabad Jamburee ground and Bayzeed Bostami (R) Dargah Mosque.

On the occasion, authorities served improved diets in hospitals, jails, orphanages, and also in youth and juveniles centres run by the social welfare department.

According to reports reaching here from 14 upazilas of the district, the people in the rural areas also celebrated the Eid festival with zeal and enthusiasm.

Officials said hundreds of Eid congregations were held peacefully at mosques and selected open spaces in the rural areas with devout Muslims praying for peace and stability.

BSS, Rajshahi adds: The holy Eid-ul-Fitre, the largest religious festival for the Muslims, was celebrated in the city and its adjacent areas with due religious fervour and enthusiasm on Sunday.

Streams of people- young, old and children rushed to nearest Eidgahs, mosques and open places in the morning to offer their Eid prayers.

After the prayers special Munajat was offered seeking divine blessings for the peace, progress and prosperity of the country as well as greater welfare of the Muslim Ummah.

The main Eid jamaat was held at Hazrat Shah Mukhdum ® Central Eidgah Maidan at 9.00 am while the second largest at Shaheb Bazar Zero Point at the same time.

Senior divisional and district level officials and local elite offered their Eid prayers at the two Eid-jamaats especially the central Eidgah.

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) decorated the city's important points and road islands with National and colorful flags inscribed with "Eid Mubarak" both in Bangla and Arabic and illuminated important buildings marking the celebration.

Besides, some other big Eid jamaats in the city were held at Hatemkha, Stadium ground, Police line parade ground, Tikapara Eidgah, Mohisbathan Eidgah math, Upashahar Eidgah Moidan, RUET campus and Rajshahi University campus.