Residents of 40 villages in Chandpur district are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday amid enthusiasm and fervour.
Villagers in Hajiganj, Faridgonj, Matlab North, Kachua and Shahrasti upazilas are celebrating Eid following Saudi Arabia and its neighbours.
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr was scheduled to be held at 9am at Peer Mawlana Isahak Saheber Darbar Sharif Jame Mosque in Shadra village of Hajiganj upazila, according to Maulana Zakariya Chowdhury of the darbar sharif.
The Eid congregation will be led by him, he said earlier.
The late Maulana Ishaque introduced the practice of Eid celebration in Chandpur in line with the celebration in Saudi Arabia in 1931.
Muslims in these villages began fasting on the same date as the people of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia announced that the Kingdom will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday as the Shawwal moon was sighted on Thursday, reports the Saudi Gazette newspaper.
Meanwhile, the National Moon Sighting Committee of Bangladesh is scheduled to meet on Friday evening to decide the date of Eid.