Ramadan may begin on Saturday
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
If the moon is sighted tomorrow, the holy month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday.
The National Moon-Sighting Committee will sit tomorrow to decide the date of the starting of Ramadan.
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah will chair the meeting at the conference hall of Islamic Foundation in the capital on Friday evening.
"If the moon will be seen anywhere in Bangladesh, the holy month of Ramadan will start on Saturday," said Kazi Nurul Islam, secretary of the Islamic Foundation.
