National Moon Sighting Committee to sit Tuesday

The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit on Tuesday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims.

The meeting will be held in the conference room of the Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office in Dhaka around 6:30pm after Maghrib prayers, said a press release of the Islamic Foundation on Monday, reports UNB.

Religious Affairs Minister Faridul Haque Khan will preside over the meeting.

People have been requested to inform the committee through the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Shawwal moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky.

The phone numbers are 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916, and 02-41050917 and the fax numbers are– 02-223383397 and 02-9555951.