Online Desk  :   The Muslims in Bangladesh will observe the holy Shab-e-Barat on the night of February 14 (Friday) as the moon of month Sha’aban was not sighted in the country on Thursday evening, January 30. The National Moon Sighting Committee decided this in a meeting at the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque this evening. The committee chief and Religious Affairs Adviser presided over the meeting. In Bangladesh, on the day after the night of Shab-e-Barat is a public holiday.

Muslims believe that on the night of Shab e-Barat, Allah writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past. Muslim devotees will offer special prayers, recite from the Holy Qur’an and perform other religious rituals throughout the night of Shab e-Barat, hoping to receive divine blessings for the wellbeing of mankind.