Bangladesh observes Eid-ul-Fitr with due religious fervour

Bangladeshi Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervor and gaiety on Saturday, with worshippers shaking hands and doing the customary hugging after the prayers.

Since Saturday morning, Muslims in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country flocked to open places and masjids to offer special prayers of the Eid, which marks the end of the month-long fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.

The main Eid congregation in Dhaka was held at the national Eidgah, where President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, among other dignitaries, participated in the prayer.

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Long lines of worshippers had also been seen since morning in front of Dhaka's many mosques, including the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

Like previous years, the South Asian country's largest Eid congregation was held at Sholakia in Kishoreganj district, with hundreds of thousands of participants offering prayers.