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Ramadan in Bangladesh: Moon sighting panel sits tonight

| Updated: May 16, 2018 17:17:35


Ramadan in Bangladesh: Moon sighting panel sits tonight

Members of the National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting today (Wednesday) to ascertain the commencement of holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence.

The meeting will be held at the conference room of Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office in the capital at 7:00pm, news agency UNB reports citing a PID handout .

Religious Affairs Minister and moon sighting committee Chairman Principal Matior Rahman will preside over the meeting.

People, if they sight the moon anywhere in the country, have been requested to inform the committee by dialling telephone numbers 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407, and 9558337 or faxing - 9563397 and 9555951.

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