Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on September 25 in the country as the new moon of the Hijri month of Zilhajj was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh last night.
The announcement came after a meeting of National Moon Sighting Committee chaired by Shamim Mohammad Afzal, director general of the Islamic Foundation, at Baitul Mukarram in the capital, said a press released issued by the Islamic Foundation.
The statement said as none of the reports the committee received from different parts of the country reported the sighting of moon, the Eid will fall on September 25, Friday.
The Islamic lunar calendar depends on sightings of the moon – a practice which can at times prove difficult.
Eid-ul-Azha is the second of two religious festivals celebrated by Muslims around the world every year.
Muslim sacrifice cattle to observe the day, and the meat from the sacrificed animals is divided into three parts: the sacrificing family keeps one part, gives one part to relatives, friends and neighbours, and donates one part to the poor and needy.