DHAKA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Muslims celebrated Eid al-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 (an open ground for Eid prayers).
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, among other dignitaries, participated in the prayer.
Long lines of worshippers had also been seen since morning in front of Dhaka's many masjids, including the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
Like previous years, the South Asian country's largest Eid congregation was held at Sholakia in Kishoreganj district, some 117 km northeast of Dhaka, with hundreds of thousands of participants offering prayers. ■
