Saudi Arabia and the other Middle Eastern countries will celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday, as the moon of the month of Shawwal has not been sighted there.
Published : 05 Jul 2016, 01:51 AM
Eid is usually celebrated in Bangladesh a day after Saudi Arabia. Keeping with that, it is likely that Muslims in Bangladesh will celebrate their biggest religious festival on Thursday.
The Saudi authorities declared that Wednesday will be the first day of Eid when the Shawwal moon was not sighted, reported state-owned Saudi Press Agency.
They also decided that Ramadan in the kingdom will end on Tuesday, the 30th day, which means the month will end in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Bangladesh’s National Moon-Sighting Committee will meet on Tuesday to decide whether the country will celebrate Eid on Wednesday or Thursday.
However, the Eid will be celebrated in hundreds of villages in several districts of the country on Wednesday along with Saudi Arabia.
Followers of different clerics or Pirs in these villages always observe most religious festivals such as Ramadan, Eid, Shab-e-Barat, Shab-e-Meraj and Shab-e-Qadr in keeping with dates of such practices in Middle Eastern countries.