KHULNA, April 22, 2023 (BSS) – The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated in the city and district as elsewhere in the country on Saturday with due religious fervor, solemnity.

The main Eid Congregation was held at Khulna Circuit House Ground at 8.00 am in the city.

Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque, Khulna divisional commissioner Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, Chairman of Khulna Zila Parishad Sheikh Harun-ur-Rashid, Deputy Commissioner of Khulna Khandkar Yasir Arefin, and city and district level officials including, leaders of political parties, elites of the city, professionals, and people from all walks of life joined the congregation.

Mowlana Muhammad Saleh, Khatib of Town Jame Mosque, conducted the main Eid prayers.

The second main Eid Jamaat was held at City's Model Jame Mosque, adjacent to Alia Madrasa, at 8.30 am while the third Jamaat was held at 9.30 am at Khulna Town Jame Mosque in the city.

The other Eid Jamaats were also held on the premises of the city's Islamabad Eidgah, Khalishpur Eidgah, Alia Madrsa, Baitun Nur Jame Mosque, PTI Jame Mosque, KDA Nirala Jame Mosque, Basupara Eidgah, Iqbal Nagar Jame Mosque, Baitunnur Jame Mosque,

Talimul Millat Darul Ulum Jame Mosque, Deana Eidgah, Farazipara Eidgah, Zila Police Line Maidan, Boyra Metropolitan Police Line Maidan, Zoragate C&B Colony Maidan, B L College Maidan, all KCC Wards and all upazila headquarters in Khulna district.

Eid Jamaat were also held in the city and all nine upazilas in the district amid tight security measures, said Khandkar Yasir Arefin, Deputy Commissioner of Khulna.

Main roads were decorated with festoons and flags inscribed with 'Eid Mubarak' and 'Allahu Akbar'.

Special and improved diets were also served among the inmates of the different hospitals, jails, Shishu Paribars, orphanages, and vagrant welfare centers of the city and district.

The police administration also took adequate steps and the members of the Police, Rab, Ansar, and other law enforcement agencies were deployed everywhere for the peaceful celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Khulna Regional Center of Bangladesh Betar aired special programmes on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and local newspapers published special supplements marking the Eid-ul-Fitr. 

The city’s children's park is kept free for the destitute and underprivileged children.