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Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country Tuesday as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh this evening.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee this evening after Maghrib prayers.
Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan, state minister for religious affairs, made the announcement after presiding over the National Moon Sighting Committee meeting at the Baitul Mukarram office of the Islamic Foundation in Dhaka.
As the moon was not sighted anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh and Sunday was the Ramadan 29, Monday will be the Ramadan 30 and the last day of the holy month, he said.
Eid-ul-Fitr is marked on the first day of Shawwal – the month that comes after Ramadan in the Hijri calendar.
The main jamaat of this Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises in Dhaka at 8:30am.
If the congregation cannot be held due to inclement weather or any other unavoidable reason, the main jamaat will be held at 9am at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
Islamic Foundation on Saturday said there will be five jamaats at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The first Eid jamaat will be held at 7:00am while the next four will be held at 8:00am, 9:00am, 10:00am, and 10:45am respectively.
Eid-ul-Fitr jamaats will also be held at mosques and Eidgahs all over the country.
The largest Eid-ul-Fitr jamaat (congregation) of the country will be held on the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan with participation of over thousands of devotees from home and abroad amid security measures.
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]]>The Islamic Foundation yesterday issued a press release, saying that the meeting will be held at its Baitul Mukarram office after the Maghrib prayers for reviewing information on the sighting of Shawwal moon.
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. They also can report to the upazila nirbahi officers or the deputy commissioners concerned.
– With The Daily Star input
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