Symbolic PhotoDHAKA, March 19, 2026 (BSS) - A meeting of the National Moon SightingCommittee will be held today to fix the date of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggestreligious festival of the Muslims. The meeting will be held at 6 pm at the conference room of the BangladeshIslamic Foundation (BIF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. The meeting will review the information on sighting of the moon of ShawwalMonth. People have been requested to contact on phone number 02-41053294, 02-226640510 and 02-223383397, if the moon of Holy Shawwal Month is sightedanywhere in the sky of Bangladesh. The Islamic Foundation also requested people to inform Deputy Commissioner orUpazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of the concerned district or upazila over theabove telephone numbers if they see the moon anywhere in the country.
