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National moon sighting committee meets Friday

News Desk Words of faith 2022-07-28, 2:34pm

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held Friday to fix the date of the holy Ashura.



A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held Friday to fix the date of the holy Ashura, after reviewing reports on appearance of the moon of the month of Muharram of 1444 Hijri.
The meeting will be held at the conference room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 7.15 pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan in the chair, said a press release here today.
If the moon of the holy month of Muharram is sighted anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh, the concerned people have been requested to inform dialing the telephone numbers - 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917 or through the fax numbers -02-223383397 and 02-9555951 or inform concerned deputy commissioner (DC) or upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), the release added.