National Moon Sighting Committee to meet tomorrow
People are requested to inform their district commissioners or upazila nirbahi officers or the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they get to see of the Shawwal moon anywhere in the country
File Photo: Afghan refugee Shear Jaan prays after breaking fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, November 17, 2001 near the Pakistani border town of Chaman. Reuters/Adrees Latif
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held tomorrow to fix the starting date of the holy month of Ramadan.
The meeting will be held at 6.45 pm on Tuesday at the conference room of Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office in the capital, says a press release.
Md Faridul Haque Khan MP, state minister for religious affairs, will preside over the meeting.
People are requested to inform their district commissioners or upazila nirbahi officers or the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they get to catch a glimpse of the Shawwal moon anywhere in the country.
The phone numbers are -- 9559493, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337, and the fax numbers are -- 9563397 and 9555951
