News Desk, Bangladesh Global: The holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Saturday) as the moon of Shawwal month of 1447 Hijri was not sighted in the sky of Bangladesh yesterday.
“The moon of Holy Shawwal month of 1447 Hijri was not sighted in the sky of the country today. The holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Saturday," Religious Affairs Minister and National Moon Sighting Committee President Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad) told reporters after the meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee yesterday.
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee was held yesterday at the conference room of the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mokarram National Mosque here, with Religious Affairs Minister and National Moon Sighting Committee President Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain in the chair.
The main jamaat of the Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises here at 8.30am. Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek, will lead the prayers at the National Eidgah. As an alternate imam, Islamic Foundation's Mufassir Dr. Maulana Md. Abu Saleh Patwari will remain prepared.
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