Moon sighting committee meet On Thursday

National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Thursday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims.

The meeting will be held at Islamic Foundation office at Baitul Mukarram mosque around  7pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan in the chair.

The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information about the sighting of the Zilhaj moon.

People have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Zilhaj moon anywhere in the Bangladeshi sky.

The telephone numbers are 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917 while the fax numbers are 02-223383397 and 02-9555951.