Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated across the country today: President and Prime Minister give best wishes

May 3, Kathmandu: Eid-ul-Fitr, is being celebrated across the Country by Muslim Community on Tuesday.

The government has announced a public holiday on the occasion of the Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Ministry of Home Affairs stated in a notice on Monday that Tuesday has been declared a public holiday in accordance with the provision published in the Nepal Gazette.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed confidence that the Muslim community’s great festival of Eid would help protect and promote the Muslim community’s unique culture and traditions.

In a message of the best wishes on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr, the President has wished for happiness, peace and prosperity for all brothers and sisters of the Nepali Muslim community at home and abroad.

She has wished for inspiration for the development of a civilized, well-off, and prosperous society by strengthening the aspirations of national unity and cultural solidarity among Nepalis from this festival.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has extended best wishes to members of the Nepali Muslim community within the country and abroad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In the greetings message, Prime Minister Deuba has also wished for health, happiness, peace, and progress to all the Nepalis from the Muslim community. Stating that unity within religious and cultural diversity was our identity, Deuba argued that it was our common responsibility to preserve and promote our invaluable assets such as religions, festivities, cultures, and tradition.