BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has extended greetings to the people of Bangladesh and the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In a statement issued on the party's letterhead today, he said, "On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, I extend my heartfelt greetings, congratulations and Eid Mubarak to the people of Bangladesh and the entire Muslim Ummah around the world."

The BNP leader prayed to Allah for the happiness, peace, progress and prosperity of Bangladesh and the Muslim Ummah worldwide.

He said this Eid carries a new level of excitement and enthusiasm following the fall of fascism through a mass uprising.

"But, during such a time of pure joy and celebration, many mothers find no happiness in their hearts, while many families do not feel the joy of the festival. This is because, due to the prolonged fascist rule of over one and a half decades, millions of families have been pushed into an era of darkness as they lost their loved ones to enforced disappearances, killings, abductions, and torture, and were enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and barbarism," Tarique said.

The BNP leader lamented that the families of the martyrs and the injured from the anti-fascist mass uprising do not experience the boundless joy of Eid celebrations.

"Even on Eid day, there may be tears in the eyes of mothers who have lost their children. In this joyful time, there is the silent cry of losing loved ones in the hearts of many families."

The BNP leader also demanded the trial of the deposed Awami autocrats who destroyed the joy of people's Eid celebrations.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also extended Eid greetings and congratulations to the nation.