The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet on Wednesday evening to determine the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, says a press release.
The meeting – scheduled to be held around 7:00 pm at the Islamic Foundation conference room at National Baitul Mukarram Mosque in the capital – will decide on month-long fasting date.
The meeting will be presided over by Principal Matiur Rahman, Religious Affairs Minister and also the president of the committee.
The committee has urged the countrymen to notify Islamic Foundation instantly upon seeing the moon from anywhere in the country.
People have been requested to contact Islamic Foundation through the following telephone numbers: call: 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407, 9558337, and fax numbers: 9563397 and 9555951.