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Nat’l moon sighting committee meets today

Nat’l moon sighting committee meets today

A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held today to fix the date of Shab-e-Meraj after reviewing reports on appearance of new moon of the holy month of Rajab of Hijri 1444, reports BSS.

The meeting will be held at the meeting room of Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 6 pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs and National Moon Sighting Committee President Md Faridul Haque Khan in the chair, said a press release on Sunday.

If the moon of the holy month of Rajab is sighted anywhere in the sky of Bangladesh, the people concerned have been requested to inform through the telephone numbers - 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917, or through the fax numbers - 02-223383397 and 02-9555951 or inform the concerned deputy commissioner (DC) or upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), the release added.