DHAKA: The holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, iwas observed across the country last night with due religious fervor and devotion.

This time, Muslim devotees offered special prayers spending the night at homes to get rid of the global pandemic coronavirus.

Besides, they offered prayers,  recited from the holy Quran and sought blessings to Allah for long life, peace, progress and happiness for themselves, their families, relatives and friends as well as the nation and the Muslim Ummah.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Islamic Foundation urged all Muslim devotees to offer prayers on the night of the Shab-e-Barat at their respective homes instead of mosques in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak.

In separate messages, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the Muslim devotees to offer prayers and munajat staying at respective homes on the holy night.

They greeted all Muslims in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune.

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.

BDST: 1115 HRS, APR 10, 2020
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