Published on 12:00 AM, September 26, 2007

<i>Fitra in Dhaka fixed at Tk 55</i>

This year's fitra has been fixed at Tk 55 per head in the Dhaka city and its adjoining areas.
A meeting on "Sadkatul Fitr" held at the Islamic Foundation yesterday fixed the fitra as per the present market price of 1.650 kg of ata (flour) or refined flour.
Fitra for other parts of the country will be fixed according to the local price of 1.650 kg of ata (flour) or refined flour, said a press release.
Chaired by Director General of the Islamic Foundation M Fazlur Rahman, the meeting was attended, among others, by Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Maulana Obaidul Haq and Senior Pesh Imam Mufti Mohammad Nuruddin, member of the Islamic Foundation Board of Governors Maulana Mofazzal Hossain Khan and Mufti Enamul Haque Kashemi of Bashundhara Islamic Research Centre.