DHAKA, July 20, 2020 (BSS) – The National Moon-Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting tomorrow evening to determine the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.
The meeting will be held at Baitul Mukarram after Magrib prayers with Secretary of Religious AffairsMinistry Md. Nurul Islam in the chair, said a release here today.
The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information on the sighting of the moon of Jhilhaj month of 1441 Hijri.
People have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers or the deputy commissioners (DCs) or the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) if they see the Shawwal moon anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh, the release added.
The phone numbers are: 9559493, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337, while the fax numbers are: 9563397 and 9555951.