Nat’l Moon Sighting Committee to sit Friday

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Friday to review the news of moon sighting of the holy month of Shawal and fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr of 1,439 Hijri.

The meeting will be held at the meeting room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7:15pm with Religious Affairs Minister and National Moon Sighting Committee President Principal Matiur Rahman in the chair, said an IF press release.

If anyone can see the new moon of the holy month of Shawal anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh, he or she is requested to inform the committee dialling the telephone numbers – 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9558337 and 9556407 or through the fax numbers – 9563397 and 9555951 or using anyway of communication, reports BSS.