National Moon Sighting Committee will sit on Tuesday for fixing the date of Holy Ashura.

Presided over by State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan, the meeting will be held at conference room of Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

If moon is sighted anywhere, people therein are requested to inform their respective Deputy Commissioner or Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) over phone. They may also pass the information  via phone numbers 9559493, 9555947 and 9558337 or fax numbers 9563397 and 9555951.

Ashura is a public holiday in Bangladesh on the 10th of Hijri Muharram. On this day, Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was martyred in the desert of Karbala on the banks of the river Euphrates. Since then, the tragic event of Karbala has been observed in the Muslim world as a symbol of sacrifice and mourning.