Date of holy Shab-e-Barat can be known this evening

The National Moon Sighting Committee is set to sit for a meeting on Sunday (February 11) evening to fix the date of the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, after reviewing reports on appearance of new moon of the holy month of Shaaban of Hijri 1445.

The meeting will be held at the meeting room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque with State Minister for Religious Affairs and National Moon Sighting Committee President Md Faridul Haque Khan in the chair.

If the moon of the holy month of Shaaban is sighted anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh, the people concerned have been requested to inform through the telephone numbers - 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917, or through the fax numbers - 02-223383397 and 02-9555951 or inform the concerned deputy commissioner (DC) or upazila nirbahi officer (UNO).