RAJSHAHI, May 2, 2022 (BSS) – The main jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Fitr is scheduled to be held on Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah Maidan in the city at 8 am tomorrow on the Eid day.

But if the inclement weather prevails, the main Eid jamaat will be held at Dargah Mosque at the same on the day, Islamic Foundation sources said.

Political leaders including city mayor, parliament members and divisional and district level high officials are likely to offer their prayers at the main Eid jamaat.

The second and the third largest Eid jamaats will be held at Tikapara Eidgah Maidan and at Shaheb Bazar Zero Point at the same time.

Apart from this, the notable Eid-jamaats will be held at Rajshahi University, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital campus, Rajshahi Court Eidgah, Rajshahi Stadium, Shalbagan Eidgah, New Market Jame Mosque, Police Line Math, Upashahar Eidgah Maidan and Rajarhata Jame Mosque.

Over 150 Eid jamaats are scheduled to be held at the traditional and temporary venues in the Rajshahi metropolis under the supervision of the respective Eid jamaat committees.

 To make the city’s Eid congregations a success, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is extending necessary cooperation to decorate 25 Eid congregations’ venues. 

The city corporation will decorate the entire city roads and islands with national flags and banners inscribed with “Eid-Mubarak” in Bangla and Arabic.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police and RAB have taken all-out security measures for peaceful celebration of the Eid.

Marking the celebration, special diets will be served to the inmates of different hospitals, jails and Government Shishu Sadan.

District administration has distributed over 1,228.43 lakh tonnes of rice among 1.23 lakh poor and distressed families under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme here to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr festival.

Under the VGF programme, the rice was distributed among the beneficiary families in all 72 Union Parishads under nine upazilas and 14 pourasabhas (municipalities) in the district.

Each of the card-holders got 10 kgs of rice this time as per the list prepared earlier under the existing social safety net programme.