Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Bangladesh Shab-e-Barat June 2

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee announced that the moon of the month of Shaban had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky earlier that night and therefore that the upcoming annual Shab-e-Barat (night of fortune and forgiveness) would be observed on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, to be accompanied by the corresponding annual non-working bank holiday and public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]