Christmas was celebrated in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Monday with a call to strengthen communal harmony in the country.
The Christians in Bangladesh celebrated Christmas by holding special prayers, illuminating churches and installing makeshift Christmas trees at homes and places of worship and missions.
Ringing of church bells in the midnight marked the advent of the day when the followers of the faith welcomed it with carols assembling in churches and other such venues, reports BSS.
Churches and adjoining areas were decked out with colourful tiny blinking lights, while illuminated Christmas trees placed with a star standing right on top as elder people of the community attired in the outfit of Santa Claus made fun with children and distributed gifts as part of a universal Christian practice.
The security was beefed up at different strategic points in the capital and many other places of the country to ensure peaceful celebration of the festival.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages by greeting the members of the Christian community on the occasion.
