National Moon Sighting committee sits for meeting

The National Moon Sighting Committee has sat for a meeting to fix the date of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.

The meeting began at 6.30 pm after Magrib prayer at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

Religious Affairs Minister M Faridul Huq Khan is presiding over the meeting.

The meeting will review the information of the sighting of the moon in the month of Shawwal in the Arabic year of 1445 and fix the date for the celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

People have been requested to contact 02-223381725,02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917 telephone numbers and 02-223383397 and 02-9555951 fax numbers, if the holy Shawal month moon is sighted anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh. 

The Islamic Foundation has requested people to inform Deputy Commissioner or Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of the concerned district or upazila over the following telephone and fax numbers if they see Shawal month moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky.