Minimum Fitra fixed at Tk 115, maximum Tk 2970

Tk 115 per person has been fixed as the minimum Fitra this year, while the maximum amount is Tk 2,970.

Fitra is a charitable donation by well-off Muslims at the end of holy month of Ramadan.

The National Committee on Fitra fixation set the rate at a meeting at the Islamic Foundation in the city on Thursday.

The National Committee on Fitra Chairman and also the National Baitul Mukarram Mosque Khatib Mawlana  Mohammad Ruhul Amin chaired the meeting.

Muslims are required to provide charity on Fitra, also known as Zakat al-Fitr or Fitrana, at the end of Ramadan.

Islamic custom dictates that the committee determined Fitra by comparing the costs of a basket of necessities, such as wheat and flour.

Fitra can also be given to the less fortunate in the form of 3.3 kg of dates, raisins, cheese, barley, or 1.65 kg of premium wheat or flour.

The national price of the necessities is taken into account while determining the minimum and maximum Fitra.

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