13 Children Receive Awards for Completing 41 Days of Congregational Prayers
A unique competition was organised in Nalchity, Jhalakathi, to encourage children and teenagers to attend congregational prayers for 41 consecutive days. The initiative aimed to promote moral education, encourage religious discipline and keep young people away from drugs. At the end of the competition, 13 winners received prizes and crests.
The awards were distributed on Friday morning (November 6) at the premises of West Gopalpur Khatib Bari Jame Mosque in Subidpur Union of Nalchity Upazila. Mizanur Rahman Babul Talukder, who initiated the competition, handed over prayer mats, prayer beads, caps and crests to the winners.
The programme also included the annual recitation of Dua Yunus and a special prayer. The competition was organised through the personal initiative of Mizanur Rahman Babul Talukder, younger brother of the late Nazrul Islam Shaheen Talukder, a repeatedly elected former chairman of Subidpur Union and former general secretary of the upazila BNP. The West Gopalpur Khatib Bari Jame Mosque Committee provided support.
Among those present were Nalchity Upazila BNP Fisheries Affairs Secretary Abdul Kader Khan, Subidpur Union BNP Organising Secretary Md Shahid Khan, Ward No. 9 BNP President Abdul Khalek Khan, General Secretary Md Belal Jomaddar, Jubo Dal President Md Moniruzzaman Master, Subidpur Union Jubo Dal leader Tarikul Islam Mithu, Union Swechchhasebak Dal Member Secretary Md Sumon Talukder, Swechchhasebak Dal leader Md Miraj, Union Chhatra Dal President Md Sajal Talukder, General Secretary Md Tanvir Khan, Organising Secretary Md Sagar Hossain and Joint Secretary Md Jasim Akon, along with local mosque committee members.
The organisers said the main objectives were to bring children and teenagers closer to mosques, develop the habit of performing regular congregational prayers and encourage religious and moral education. They expressed hope that such initiatives would help keep the younger generation away from drugs and other forms of social degradation and contribute to building a better society.
