City
Epaper

Indian, Bangladesh border guards exchange Eid greetings

By IANS | Updated: August 12, 2019 16:50 IST

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) exchanged greetings, flowers and sweets on the occasion of Eid, a BSF official said on Monday.

Open in App

According to the BSF official, senior BSF and BGB officials accompanied by locally posted troopers greeted each other on Saturday and Sunday at many places along the 4,096-km Bangladesh frontier with India's West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

"We exchange greetings and sweets on every important religious and national day event and programmes of both countries," the official said.

Meanwhile, a large number of Muslims also assembled in mosques and Eidgahs to offer special prayers in Tripura.

Large congregation offered prayers at Shivnagar, Shantipara, Gulchakkar, Aralia on the outskirts of the capital city, and other parts of the state including Sonamura (in western Tripura), Udaipur (in southern Tripura), Kailasahar and Dharmanagar (in northern Tripura).

In an unique gesture, Tipu Sultan, a journalist at leading Tripura daily 'Syandan Patrika' donated Rs 10,000 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund instead of making an animal sacrifice.

"Since last year, instead of making 'qurbani' (animal sacrifice), my family and I donate money to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund," Tipu Sultan said after handing over a cheque to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday night.

Appreciating the gesture, Deb said: "I believe everyone will be influenced by his (Tipu Sultan) noble gesture."

The Chief Minister and Governor Ramesh Bais have greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Eid.

In Christian-majority Mizoram, thousands of devout Muslims offered special prayers in Bara Bazaar, Zarkawt as well as at other mosques and Eidgahs in the state.

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: tripuraTipu SultanBiplab Kumar DebBSFMizoram
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalTripura Horror: Man Allegedly Assaults Woman After Luring Her With Promise of iPhone

National50% Work From Home Rule For Employees in Tripura After PM Modi's Appeal

Tripura Class 10th and 12th Results 2026 Out: TBSE Madhyamik and HSE Results Declared at tbresults.tripura.gov.in

MBSE HSLC Result 2026 Out at mizoram.indiaresults.com: Mizoram Class 10th Declared; Here's How to Check Marksheet

NationalBSF Head Constable Found Hanging in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba Camp; Probe Underway

National Realted Stories

NationalBengal govt ends allowances for imams, purohits; Cong calls it 'political ambition'

NationalMeghalaya youth second to none, says Conrad Sangma at NCC battalion inauguration

NationalNaveen Patnaik questions law and order situation in Odisha after brutal assault on couple

NationalPIL in SC, seeks ban on using Aadhaar as poof of citizenship, domicile and date of birth

National'Brain hematoma, ruptured spleen': Chilling details in autopsy report in Greater Noida dowry death case