On March 31, Muslims of Bangladesh  celebrated the traditional festival of Eid al-Fitr. At 8  AM local time, the Muslim employees   living Local Canteen living camp of the Barisal Coal-fired Power Plant in Bangladesh, which was invested in and constructed by POWERCHINA. The event was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. The chefs had already prepared traditional festival food for today's special guests.

As early as during Ramadan, the power plant operation and maintenance team planned in advance, fully solicited the opinions of Bangladeshi employees and invited more than 60 guests of employees family to celebrate Eidal-Fitr  at the Barisal 350 MW Power Plant for the first time.

At the long table banquet full of Bangladeshi ethnic characteristics, Chinese-style snow rice biscuits and white rabbit milk candies were displayed alternately with Bangladeshi traditional delicacies such as curry lamb, fragrant rice pudding, Local made sweets and Bangladeshi yogurt etc. The families of Bangladeshi employees who were invited to the banquet sat together with Bangladeshi and Chinese employees  to celebrate the festival with joy.

On the event day, the dress of Chinese managers became a highlight. Head operation and maintenance teamwore a white "Punjabi" gown, and other Chinese employees also wore local traditional dress.

In an enthusiastic speech, The head of  operation and maintenance team said ,"We hope to express our respect for Bangladeshi culture in this way." His Bengali greeting "Eid Mubarak" won warm applause.

"Chinese friends are not only remember our festivals, but also wear our clothes. It's so touching," said the mother of Bangladeshi employee MD AMINUL ISLAM with tears in her eyes.

When the family members walked into the project area for a visit, the beauty of modern factory buildings and green living areas attracted them to stop frequentlyand they all used their mobile phone cameras to record the surprising moments.

Back at the table, the sweetness of Chinese candies and the freshness of Bangladeshi salads intertwined into a unique flavor, children tiptoed to grab sesame crisps, and adults gave thumbs up to the mixed spice Bangladeshi salad.

From the fun of watching the moon during Eid al-Fitr to the Chinese New Year custom of "staying up all night" the Chinese and Bangladeshi employees sat together and chatted, and bursts of laughter rang out from time to time in the restaurant.

At the end of the event, with the countdown of "three,  two, one" smiling faces bloomed in front of the camera, freezing the warmth of fireworks across mountains and seas.

At the Barisal 350 MW power plant , cultural integration and people-to-people exchanges are not only reflected in festival activities, but also in every bit of daily management. On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the Chinese management team  visit Bangladeshi employees to distribute biscuits, yogurt, fruits and other gifts, and extended their best wishes for the festival in advance.

In recent years, through a series of measures such as setting up prayer rooms, issuing marriage and childbirth condolences and flexibly arranging Ramadan workload, cultural respect has been integrated into management details.

A Bangladeshi engineer with three years of work experience told "Our Chinese colleagues not only understand our festivals, but also our hearts. This kind of respect from the heart has truly brought our operation and maintenance team together as one family."

"2025 is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bangladesh. Its China-Bangladesh Cultural Exchange Year. We will continue to hold cultural exchanges and book reading sharing activities between Chinese and Bangladeshi employees, implement the Chinese language learning incentive program for Bangladeshi employees,  deepen the process of localization of personnel, train more outstanding professional engineers in the power industry for Bangladeshand help realize the vision of 'Golden Bangladesh'. Head of the power station O&MTeam introduced the relevant key tasks this year one by one.

This Eid dinner event, like a prism that reflects the brilliant light of cultural integration - here, differences are not boundaries, but inspiration for innovation; respect is not a slogan, but daily practice.

When the Chinese and Bangladeshi employees bite off a piece of biscuits that blend the flavors of the two countries, they tasted not only food, but also the sweetness of mutual learning of civilizations.