Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday as moon not sighted

Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Thursday (April 11) as the Shawwal moon was not sighted today in Bangladesh sky.

Earlier, the National Moon Sighting Committee sat for a meeting to fix the date of holy Eid-ul-Fitr.

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 presided over the meeting.

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

Earlier, people were 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 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.