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MNA National Desk: The holy Eid-ul-Azha – one of the two biggest festivals for Muslims – is set to be celebrated in Bangladesh on 22 August, Wednesday, as the Zil-Hajj moon was sighted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country this evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office on Sunday evening after reviewing information of the moon sighting, says a press statement. National Moon Sighting Committee chief and religious affairs minister Matior Rahman chaired the meeting, it adds. Eid-ul-Azha, however, will be celebrated in Saudi Arabia on ...

MNA National Desk: Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on 13 September as the moon for the Arabic month of Zil-Hajj was not sighted on Friday. The parliamentary standing committee on religious affairs ministry announced the date at the Islamic Foundation in the evening. However, in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, the Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on Sep 12. Eid-ul-Azha also called the “Sacrifice Feast” or “Bakr-Eid”, is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two. In the Islamic lunar calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah ...