RAJSHAHI, April 20, 2023 (BSS) - A total of 1,400 Imams, Khatibs, Muezzins, Khadems and Hafezs of all mosques in the city were given financial assistance as Eid greetings to make sure their celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
 
Each of them was given Taka 1500 like the previous couple of years.
 
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton formally distributed the support at the city bhaban conference room yesterday afternoon.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Liton said the present government under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to ensure food security to the jobless and other hardest-hit people.
 
Many other poor, helpless, distressed and less-incoming and rootless people were also given financial support to mark the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr in Rajshahi city.
 
He urged all other development and volunteer organizations to stand beside the distressed people.
 
Principal of Jamiya Usmania Madrasha Mawlana Jamal Uddin, Principal of Darus Salam Kamil Madrasha Mawlana Shahidul Islam and General Secretary of Ulama Kolyan Parishad Omar Faruque, among many other religious leaders, were present on the occasion.