Elaborate programmes taken to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr

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An inter-ministerial meeting Sunday chalked out elaborate programmes for celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, in a befitting manner, reports UNB.
The meeting was held at the Ministry of Religious Affairs with its Adviser Hassan Ariff in the chair.
The meeting was told that the main Jamaat (congregation) of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at the Jatiya Eidgah at 8:30 am. In case of inclement weather, the main prayer session will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at the same time.
The adviser asked the authorities concerned to think about informing the musullis about entry into and exit from the Eidgah through mass media 3/4 days before Eid and setting up location map of different departments at the entrance.
Like previous years, Public Works Department and owners of private buildings would take initiative in hoisting national flag atop public and private buildings respectively.
Foreign missions abroad also will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in the light of government programme.
The religious affairs adviser called upon all to make the Eid
festival into a 'platform of communal harmony' and requested the media authorities to broadcast programmes keeping in mind the recreation of rural people alongside urban people.
The meeting was also attended, among others, by Joint Secretary of Religious Affairs Ministry AHM Afzal Hossain, Director General of the Islamic Foundation Md Fazlur Rahman and senior officials of the ministries concerned.