Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated Monday in Bangladesh

Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Monday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Sunday evening.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee on Sunday evening after reviewing the information of Shawwal moon sighting.

The meeting was held at 6.30 pm at the conference room of the Bangladesh Islamic Foundation (BIF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city.

Religious Affairs Adviser Dr AFM Khalid Hossain presided over the meeting to review the information on sighting of the moon of Shawwal Month.