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President to offer Eid prayers at Bangabhaban Durbar Hall

President M Abdul Hamid will offer the prayers of Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims, along with his family members and some officials at the Bangabhaban Durbar Hall on the Eid day, reports BSS. 

The head of the state will say his Eid prayers at the Presidential palace with maintaining health rules and social distancing as the traditional Eid prayers in capital's National Eidgah Maidan, where he usually attends, has been scrapped due to preventive measure of the pandemic COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.

The Eid jamaat (congregation) at the Bangabhaban will be held at 9:30 am, President's press secretary Joynal Abedin told BSS.

After the prayers, the President will convey his Eid greetings to the countrymen through media at the Credential Hall.