The Muslim community of the country is set to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Monday with due solemnity and sense of sacrifice.
On this day, the 10th day of Arabic month of Zilhajj on the lunar calendar, some 4,500 years ago, Prophet Ibrahim (AS) offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS), who willingly submitted to his father鈥檚 wish to please Almighty Allah.
The celebration will begin with Eid congregations all over the country followed聽 by the sacrifice of animals in the name of Allah.
The three-day public holiday on the occasion of Eid begins today (Sunday).
The main Eid congregation, accommodating around 35,000 worshipers, will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises in the capital at 7:30am, said the Dhaka South City Corporation.
Five Eid jamaat (congregations) will be held at the Baitul Mukarram national mosque, with the first at 7:00am, second at 8:00am, third at 9:00am, fourth at 10:00am, and the fifth at 10:45am, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The country鈥檚 largest Eid congregation, 197th since the first one in 1828, will be held at 9:00am in the historic Sholakia ground in Kishoreganj, with more than two lakh devotees expected to offer prayers together, reports the United News of Bangladesh.聽
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, addressing the media at the DMP headquarters on Saturday, said that adequate measures were taken to ensure law and order in the capital as around one crore people left for their village homes to celebrate Eid.聽聽
He also mentioned that strict vigilance would be conducted to prevent any syndicates in buying and selling rawhide.
Meanwhile, the Dhaka South City Corporation has prepared to remove the wastes of sacrificial animals within 24 hours, while the North City Corporation has planned to complete the waste removal within six hours, starting from 2:00pm on Eid day.
The DNCC mayor told the media on Saturday that more than 10,000 cleaners would work to remove the wastes in six hours on Eid day, starting from 2:00pm.聽
The two corporations also set up central control rooms for removing the sacrificial animals鈥� wastes and coordinating the management of the cattle markets during Eid.
State-run Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar as well as other TV channels and radio stations would broadcast special Eid programmes.
On Eid day, improved diets will be served to inmates of government hospitals, prisons, orphanages, safe homes and shelter centers.
