Main Dhaka Eid jamaat at 8:00am tomorrow

Eid-ul Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow.

The capital's main Eid congregation will be held at the National Eidgah at 8:00am, which will be attended by President Abdul Hamid, among other dignitaries.

Special arrangements for women have been made at the National Eidgah. About 5,000 women can offer Eid prayers at the Eidgah.

Five congregations will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am and 10:45am.       

Bangladesh's biggest congregation will be held, as usual, at Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj at 9:00am.

The two city corporations -- Dhaka South and Dhaka North -- will arrange 362 Eid congregations in the capital. Of them, Dhaka South will hold 228 congregations.