President offers Eid-ul-Azha prayers at National Eidgah

Desk Report: President M Abdul Hamid offered his Eid-ul-Azha prayers along with hundreds of people from all walks of life at the National Eidgah in the capital on Wednesday morning.

Cabinet members, judges of the Supreme Court, lawmakers, senior political leaders and high civil and military officials also offered prayers at the main Eid jamaat (congregation) held at 8:00am.

Senior Pesh Imam of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Mufti Maulana Muhammad Ehsanul Huq 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.

Doa was also offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, who were brutally assassinated on the fateful night of August 15, 1975.

Besides, doa was also offered for the people who embraced martyrdom in different times for the sake of country and establishing democracy.

After the prayers, President Hamid exchanged Eid greetings with the devotees at the Eidgah.

The Eid jamaat was held under the auspices of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) amid intensified security vigilance in and around the Eidgah adjacent to the High Court.

Earlier on his arrival at the Eidgah, the President was received by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon and other concerned. _BSS

risingbd/Dhaka/August 22, 2018/A K Azad