C T Online Desk: The National Moon Sighting Committee is set to meet this evening (May 1) to fix the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.
The meeting will be held at its Baitul Mukarram office after the Maghrib prayers for reviewing information on the sighting of Shawwal moon, said a press release issued by the Islamic Foundation yesterday.
State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan, president of the committee, will preside over the meeting, said the release.
People have been requested to inform the committee through the following phone and fax numbers if they see the moon anywhere in Bangladesh’s sky.
The phone numbers are: 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916, and 02-41050917 while the fax numbers are: 02-223383397 and 02-9555951.
