Eid congregation timings

The main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation in Dhaka city will be held at National Eidgah at 8:30am, as usual. National mosque Baitul Mukarram’s Khatib Maulana Mohammad Salahuddin will conduct the prayers to be joined by people from all social strata, including President Md Abdul Hamid. Five Eid congregations will be held separately at the Baitul Mukarram at 7am, 8am, 9am, 10am and 11am, the Islamic Foundation has said. Apart from them, two congregations will be held at Dhaka University Central Mosque at 8am and 9am. Parliament’s South Plaza will hold three more congregations, starting at 8am. The Dhaka City Corporation (South) has arranged 183 congregations in its 57 wards, while the DCC North has arranged 149 in 36 wards, according to a news agency.