News Watch (17-04-2018)

Moon sighting body sits today

The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting today (Tuesday) to determine the date of Holy Shab-e-Barat of Hijri 1439 after reviewing reports on spotting of the Shaban moon. The meeting will be held at the conference room of Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram National Mosque office at 6:45 pm. Religious affairs minister and committee chairman Principal Matior Rahman will preside over the meeting. People are requested to inform the committee over telephone numbers--9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337 or fax 9563397 and 955595-- if they see the moon in the Bangladesh sky. — UNB

SSC exam results likely May 6

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published in the first week of May. Examination controller of Dhaka Education Board Tapan Kumar Sarkar said, "We've sent a proposal to the education ministry to publish the results within May 3-7. Meanwhile, sources at the ministry said the results might be published on May 6. —UNB