Dhaka, March 27 -- The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is set to organise an elaborate celebration for Eid-ul-Fitr.

The revelry will feature a "grand" congregation, a traditional Eid procession, and a two-day festival at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, according to a media statement issued by the DNCC.

The Eid congregation will be held at 8:30am at the old trade fair grounds next to the conference centre, said DNCC CEO Abu Sayed Md Kamruzzaman.

This will be followed by a colourful procession at 9am.

"This is the first time that an initiative has been taken to organise an Eid joy festival in the Dhaka North City Corporation area," said Kamruzzaman at the preparatory meeting of the Eid celebration on Tuesday.

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