The holy Shab-e-Barat, regarded as the night of fortune for the Muslims, is being observed throughout the country on Tuesday night with due religious fervour and devotion, reports BSS.
Muslims consider Shab-e-Barat as one of the three most sacred nights and believe that on this night Almighty Allah decides the fate of all human beings fixing their 'rizq' (livelihood) for the next year.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted all Muslims of the country and elsewhere across the world on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
The Muslim devotees is spending the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking blessings to Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well nation and the Muslim Ummah.
The people are thronging different mosques, including the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, across the city to join the Isha prayers with congregation and offer special prayers seeking divine blessings.
On the night, the devotees across the country visit graves and pray for their beloved ones seeking their eternal peace. Many people will also visit Mazars and shrines all over the country.
Many families have prepared traditional foods like handmade rice-bread, beef and halua (a kind of dessert made usually from semolina, carrot, chickpea or papaya) both in rural and urban areas across the country.
A good number of Muslims will observe fast tomorrow.
They are distributing food and sweets among the neighbours and the poor.
Traditionally, food and money are distributed among the destitute people on the occasion.
On this occasion, Islamic Foundation (IF) has chalked out programmes at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque here.
Religious sermons highlighting the significance of Shab-e-Barat are being delivered at various mosques since Maghrib prayers.
Tomorrow is a public holiday on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, and private television channels and radio stations are airing special programmes on the occasion while newspapers published special supplements highlighting the significance of the night.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
