Eid-ul-Azha on Sep 13 as Zil-Hajj moon not sighted on Friday

Muslims in Bangladesh will celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha on Sep 13 as the moon for the Arabic month of Zil-Hajj was not sighted on Friday.

Bazlul Haque Haroon, the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on religious affairs ministry, announced the date after a meeting of the National Moon-Sighting Committee at the Islamic Foundation in the evening.

Religious Affairs Secretary Md Abdul Jalil was also present there.

Haroon said Zil-Hajj will start on Sunday as the Moon-Sighting Committee received no report of the moon being sighted anywhere in Bangladesh.

So, the Eid will be celebrated on Sep 13, the 10th of Zil-Hajj, marking the end of Hajj pilgrimage.

In Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, the Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on Sep 12. The Hajj rituals will start on Sep 11.