President, PM greet Buddhists on fest

News Report President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted all concerned on the occasion of Kathin Chibar Dan, a religious ceremony of the Buddhist community, and Probarona Purnima, the second-largest festival of the community. The President and the Prime Minister issued Wednesday separate messages felicitating the members of the Buddhist community on their holy occasions. In his message, the President described Bangladesh as a country of communal harmony and urged the people of all communities to play their respective roles to expedite the pace of national development and progress. In her message, the Prime Minister hoped that the nation would be imbued with the ideology of Gautam Buddha to establish a ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They wished all programmes of festivals a success.

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