President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged people to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr by adhering to all Covid-19 safety protocols "as the coronavirus situation may deteriorate at any time".
"The Covid-19 situation may deteriorate any time if people do not become aware of their movement and lifestyle at this moment," Hamid said.
The president said these while conveying Eid greetings to the countrymen through media at Bangabhaban’s Credential Hall after offering Eid prayers on Tuesday morning.
Due to the pandemic, no religious festival of any community, including Eid, could be celebrated and enjoyed in the expected joyous atmosphere in the last two years, Hamid said.
The president said the situation at present is very much under control, "so it is normal that people will have a tendency to enjoy unbridled joy now".
"But you have to keep in mind one thing. The pandemic is under control but this lethal disease has not completely disappeared. The infections are on the rise again in many parts of the world. We must not invite danger while indulging in joy during the Eid celebrations," he said.
Hamid also urged the people to share the joy of Eid with all, rich and poor alike.
Noting that the current government is making continuous efforts to put a smile on the face of every citizen of the country, he said: "Before the Eid-ul-Fitr, 32,904 landless and homeless families were given houses as a gift from PM Sheikh Hasina."
"Everyone's pledge on this Eid-ul-Fitr is to make everyone smile by building a hunger-free, poverty-free and happy-prosperous Bangladesh," the president added.
Earlier, President Hamid offered Eid prayers at the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban.
The Eid jamaat (congregation) at Bangabhaban was held at around 9:30am President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told UNB.
The President usually attends the traditional Eid prayers in the capital's National Eidgah Maidan but the program has been scrapped due to the rise of Covid-19 cases in some countries in the previous two years.
