Dhaka, Aug 1 (UNB) - The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting on Friday to decide the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims.
The meeting will be held at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office at 7:15pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in the chair, said an Islamic Foundation press release on Thursday.
The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information about the sighting of the Zilhajj moon.
People have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Zilhajj moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky.
The telephone numbers are 9559643, 9555947, 9556407, 9558337 and 9559493 while the fax numbers are 9563397 and 9555951.