Durga Puja, the supreme spiritual competition of the Hindu neighborhood, has begun at temples and makeshift mandaps across the country amid due spiritual fervour and festivity.
The 5-day celebration began with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi.
This year Durga Puja is being principal at 32,666 mandaps across the country at the side of 257 within the capital.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus greeted other folks of the Hindu neighborhood on the occasion of Durga Puja.
The authorities extended Duga Puja vacation by a day to facilitate its joyous celebration.
Earlier than Durga Puja, security has been greatly ramped up nationwide.
Inspector Abnormal of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam on Monday (7 October) mentioned that individuals of the Ansar and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will most likely be on 24-hour accountability at every mandap to be sure a real and aloof celebration.
Throughout a press briefing at Dhakeshwari Temple recently, the IGP emphasised that the Bangladesh Police, alongside completely different law enforcement agencies, are taking intensive measures to manufacture a festive ambiance.
The duration in-between authorities has issued a position of directions for the local administration and law enforcement agencies to preserve law and bellow insist at some level of the Durga Puja celebrations across the country.
