Moon sighting body sits today

The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting today to decide the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims.

Religious Affairs Minister Matior Rahaman will preside over the meeting to be held at the Islamic Foundation's Baitul Mukarram office at 7:30pm, said an Islamic Foundation release yesterday.

People have been requested to inform the committee over following phone and fax numbers if they see the Shawwal moon anywhere in Bangladesh sky.

Phone numbers are: 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337 while the fax is 9563397.