Shab-e-Barat, the holy night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed across the country on Tuesday night with due religious fervour and solemnity.
The Muslims across the country spent sleepless night at mosques and homes, offering prayers, reciting from the holy Quran and seeking divine blessings from Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah.
The Muslim devotees in the city thronged Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, Azimpur Graveyard, High Court Mazar and other sacred places.
The Muslims consider Shab-e-Barat as one of the three most sacred nights and believe that on this night Almighty Allah writes the fate of all human beings fixing their ‘rizq’ (livelihood) for the coming year.
The Muslims on this night visited the graveyards to offer fateha for peace of the departed souls of their near and dear ones.
They also visited the mazars of saints in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country and distributed food and sweets among the neighbours and the poor.
Islamic Foundation Bangladesh and other socio-religious organisations arranged Quran khwani, waz mahfils, milad and zikr, to observe the day.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, private television channels and radio stations aired special programmes, while newspapers published special articles highlighting the significance of Shab-e-Barat.
Meanwhile, President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted all Muslims in the country and elsewhere in the world on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Barat.
Opposition Leader and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia also greeted all Muslims in the country and elsewhere in the world on the occasion.
In separate messages on the eve of the holy occasion, they prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of all.
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