Moon sighting body meets today

The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting today (Monday) to decide the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslim Ummah, reports UNB.

The meeting will be held at the Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office at 7:30 pm with Religious Affairs Minister Matior Rahaman in the chair.

The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information about Zilhajj moon sighting.

People from all walks of life have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Shawwal moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky.

The phone numbers are 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337, while the fax numbers are 9563397 and 9555951.