[Dhaka Tribune] Christmas is being celebrated in Bangladesh, as elsewhere across the world, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.The Christian community is celebrating the day on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the community, is the celebration of rebirth, new beginnings, forgiveness, peace, and renewing relationships with God and human beings.
Christmas trees with colourful lights, special prayers, the distribution of gifts among children, and the exchange of pleasantries are the main features of the day's festivities.
Christmas carols and hymns will be sung before and after the prayer sessions at the churches.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
issued separate messages on the occasion.
The archbishop of Bangladesh, ambassadors and representatives from different foreign missions, distinguished persons of the Christian community, religious leaders and professionals will join the reception.
A group of singers will perform Christmas carols at the reception.
Later, President Abdul Hamid will cut a Christmas cake with members of the Christian community.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and different private TV channels and radio stations will air special programs highlighting the significance of the day.