Moon sighting committee meets Monday

A meeting of the national moon sighting committee will be held on Monday to review information on the sighting of moon of the month of Muharram of 1443 Hijri, reports BSS.

The meeting will be held at Islamic Foundation (IF) conference room in Baitul Mukarram national mosque at 7.00pm.

State minister for religious affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan will preside over the meeting, said an IF press release on Sunday.

Anyone seeing the new moon of the month of Muharram anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh is requested to inform the committee by dialing the telephone numbers- 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916, 02-9556407 or through the fax numbers – 9563397 and 9555951.