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EID-UL-FITR-MONDAY
Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on Monday
DHAKA, May 23, 2020 (BSS) – The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the
greatest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated on Monday
as moon of the Shawwal month of 1441 Hijri was not sighted in the sky
of the country today.
“The holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed on Monday, Insha’Allah, as
the moon of Shawwal month of 1441 Hijri was not sighted today in the
skyline of the country,” Religious Affairs Secretary Md Nurul Islam
told a briefing at the conference room of Islamic Foundation at Baitul
Mokarram National Mosque here this evening.
He said the National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at
its meeting this evening after evaluating data and reports from all
the district administrations, offices of Islamic Foundation,
Bangladesh Meteorological Department and Space Research and Remote
Sensing Organisation.
Earlier, Nurul Islam presided over the National Moon Sighting
Committee meeting at the conference room of Islamic Foundation in the
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque here after Maghrib prayers.
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