Eid-ul-Fitr likely tomorrow
Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be observed tomorrow if the Shawal moon is sighted this evening.
The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit today at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation to decide on the matter.
Law enforcement agencies will keep a close watch on all Eid gatherings across the country in the wake of Friday's Gulshan restaurant attack.
Meanwhile, all preparations for holding Eid congregations have already been completed in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
A large number of people have left Dhaka for their homes outside the capital to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones. This year the civil servants are enjoying an extended nine-day holidays.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and all television channels will air special programmes and many newspapers will publish supplements on the occasion. Special food will be served in hospitals, jails and orphanages.
The two Dhaka city corporations will keep open the children's parks, allowing free entry to all visitors on Eid day.
The main Eid congregation in the capital will be at the National Eidgah at 8:30am. Five Eid congregations will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque -- at 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am and 10:45am.
The country's largest Eid congregation will be in Sholakia Eidgah Maidan in Kishoreganj district.
Bangladesh Railway will run two Solakia special trains each on Bhoirab-Kishoreganj and Mymensingh-Kishoreganj routes on that day to ferry the passengers to and from Sholakia.
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