Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The Ministry of Religious Affairs has urged people and religious institutions across the country to offer special prayers and duas on Friday for the repose of the soul of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi.

In a press release issued at midnight on Thursday, the Ministry said the government has decided to organize prayers in all mosques after Jumma prayers and corresponding prayers in other religious places of worship according to their respective faiths to seek blessings for the soul of martyr Sharif Osman bin Hadi, a courageous fighter at the forefront of the July Uprising.

The Ministry requested that special prayers be arranged in every mosque and in temples, churches, and pagodas at appropriate times.

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