National Moon Sighting Committee to Meet Saturday

The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Saturday to ascertain the commencement of Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, reports UNB.

The meeting will be held in the conference room of the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office in Bangladesh capital Dhaka at about 6:30 pm after Maghrib prayers.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque will preside over the meeting.

People, if they see the moon anywhere in the country, have been requested to inform the committee by dialing telephone numbers 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916, and 02-41050917 or faxing – 02-223383397 and 02-9555951.