Moon sighted, Ramadan begins Tuesday

The new moon was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Monday evening, so Muslims in the country will start dawn-to-dusk fasting from Tuesday.

Religious Affairs Minister Md Faridul Haque Khan announced this after a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee in the city on Monday evening.

The meeting was held in the conference room of the Islamic Foundation (IF) at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. 

The minister presided over the meeting.

As per the decision, the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, the night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed in the night of April 6 (Saturday night).

Muslims are meant to fast from dawn to dusk during the Ramadan, a time of restraint and austerity.