Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on June 7 as the moon of the holy month of Zil-Hajj of 1446 Hijri was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh on Wednesday.
The decision came following a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the Islamic Foundation’s conference room at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka in the evening on Wednesday, said a press release.
Religious adviser AFM Khalid Hossain chaired the meeting, it said.
In Bangladesh, the interim government has approved a 10-day holiday for the government employees from June 5 to June 14 for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th day of Zil-Hajj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day, some 4,500 years ago, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS), who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Almighty Allah.
But the Almighty Allah in his benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed.
