The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Sunday evening to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims. The Islamic Foundation issued a press release on Saturday saying the meeting will be held at the foundation's Baitul Mukarram office after Maghrib prayers for reviewing information on the sighting of Shawwal moon. Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan, State Minister for Religious Affairs and also president of the committee, will preside over the meeting, it added. Read: Solution to pollution: Sprinkling water on Dhaka's roads & construction sites? People have been requested to inform the committee through the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Shawwal moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky. The phone numbers are: 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916, and 02-41050917 while the fax numbers are 02-223383397 and 02-9555951. They also can report to the concerned upazila nirbahi officers or the deputy commissioners.

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Sunday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims. The meeting will be held in the office of the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram at 7:15pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan in the chair, said an Islamic Foundation media release on Saturday. The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information about the sighting of Zilhaj moon. Also read: National Moon Sighting Committee to meet Wednesday evening People have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Zilhaj moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky. Also read: National Moon sighting committee to sit Tuesday The telephone numbers are: 9559493, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337, while the fax numbers are 9563397 and 9555951. Also read: National Moon Sighting Committee to sit Tuesday

The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Saturday evening to decide the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims.