Eid Sunday if moon sighted tomorrow

Eid-ul-Fitr, largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Sunday if the Shawwal moon is sighted in Bangladesh sky on Saturday.

The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Saturday evening to decide the date of the Eid Bangladesh, reports UNB.

The Islamic Foundation issued a press release in this regard, saying the meeting will be held at the foundation's Baitul Mukarram office after Maghrib prayer for reviewing information on the sighting of Shawwal moon in Bangladesh.

Sheikh Md Abdullah, state minister for religious affairs and also president of the committee, will preside over the meeting, it added.

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

They also can report to the corresponding upazila nirbahi officers or deputy commissioners, according to the news agency.

The phone numbers are: 9559493, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337 while the fax numbers are 9563397 and 9555951.