The largest Eid congregation of the country will be held at Sholakia Eidgah Maidan in Kishoreganj  district at 9am on Eid day. Three-tier security measures have been taken in and around the Eidgah to ensure foolproof security, said deputy commissioner of Kishoreganj Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad on Monday after inspecting the maidan ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha prayers. Main Eid Jamaat to be held at Nat’l Eidgah The main Eid jamaat will be held at 9 am and Maulana Farid Uddin Masud will lead the Eid congregation, he added. People will not be allowed to carry mobile phone sets and umbrellas on security grounds. Law enforcers along with plainclothes police will be deployed. Apart from CCTV cameras, four watchtowers will be set up to keep an eye on the ground. Eid-ul-Azha 2023: 5 jamaats to be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque  Six ambulances and 2 fire fighting units will remain standby round-the-clock for any emergency. Besides, two special trains named Sholakia Express-1 and Sholakia Express-2  will run on Bhairab-Kishoreganj and Mymensingh-Kishoreganj routes to ensure the safe participation of people at the largest Eid jamaat in the country. Sholakia Express- 1 will leave Bhairab at 6 am and reach Kishoreganj at 8 am while Sholakia Express-2 will leave Mymensingh at 6:30 am and reach Kishoreganj at 8:30 am. The Eidgah is situated on the northern bank of the Norsunda river. Mannan Dad Khan, former Dewan of Haibatnagar in Kishoreganj, donated 4.35 acres of land through Waqf deeds in 1950 and now the Eidgah has an area of seven acres. With higher spice prices, consumers feeling the pinch this Eid-ul-Azha The waqf document mentions that Eid Jamaat was held at Sholakia Eidgah Maidan some 200 years ago. During the 2016 Eid-ul-Fitr congregation, militants launched a surprise attack on a temporary police check post near the Eidgah, killing at least four people, including two policemen. Every year, Sholakia Eidgha Maidan turns into a sea of people. People offer prayers and seek blessings from Allah for peace and happiness.     

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers along with his family members and officials at the Hallway (Darbar Hall) of Bangabhaban.   Pesh Imam of Bangabhaban Jame Mosque Mufti Maulana Saiful Kabir conducted the Eid prayers in the morning, the press wing of the president’s office said.   He offered his prayers maintaining Covid-19 health guidelines, including keeping social distance amid a rise in the infections.   The president avoided taking part in the traditional Eid prayers in the capital's National Eidgah Maidan due to Covid situation, the press wing said.   Many state programmes were also curtailed for this reason.   A special munajat was offered seeking divine blessings for peace and progress of Bangladesh and welfare of the people as well as the Muslim Ummah.   Doa was offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other members of his family on August 15 in 1975, and the war martyrs of 1971.   After the prayers, President Hamid spent his time with his family members at the presidential palace.   Read: President Hamid unveils inaugural envelope of census

The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha, the  second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises at 8am on the Eid day. However, if weather remains unfavourable or the main congregation is not held at the National Eidgah for any other reason the main congregation will be held at 8:30 am at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Also read:No shortage of spices in market ahead of Eid: Spice Traders Association The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting on Eid-ul-Azha celebrations headed by State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan at the Secretariat on Sunday. Depending on the sighting of the moon, the holy Eid-ul-Azha is expected to be celebrated on July 10. Also read: Traders urged to keep market stable ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

The largest Eid congregation at Sholakia Eidgah Maidan in Kishoreganj will be held at 10am on Eid day, after a Covid-induced hiatus of two years. Kishoreganj deputy commissioner Md Shamim Alam, also the president of the Eidgah Management Committee, said this on Thursday after inspecting the maidan ahead of the 195th Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. Also read: Thick security blanket for Eid Jamaat at Sholakia Eidgah Maidan Maulana Farid Uddin Masud will lead the Eid congregation and Maulana Shoaib bin A Rauf will be the standby Imam. Worshipers will be allowed to enter the maidan with only prayer mats and masks. They will, however, be allowed to carry their mobile phones.

For the first time in nearly 200 years, there will be no Eid congregation at Kishoreganj’s Sholakia as the country fights to contain the spread of coronavirus.