<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Residents of 40 villages in Chandpur district will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday amid much enthusiasm and religious fervour .</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The villagers of Hajiganj, Faridganj, Matlab North, Kachua and Sharasti upazilas will celebrate Eid on Friday following Saudi Arabia and its neighbours.</div><div><br></div><div>The main congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr will be held at 9am at Peer Mawlana Isahak Saheber Darbar Sharif Jame Mosque in Shadra village of Hajiganj upazila, said Maulana Zakariya Chowdhury of the darbar sharif.</div><div><br></div><div>The Eid congregation will be led by him, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Late Maulana Ishaque introduced the practice of Eid celebration in Chandpur in line with the celebration in Saudi Arabia in 1931.</div><div><br></div><div>Devotees of these villages began fasting on the same date with the people of Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia announced that the Kingdom will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday as the Shawwal moon was sighted on Thursday, reports the Saudi Gazette newspaper.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the National Moon Sighting Committee in Bangladesh is scheduled to meet on Friday evening to decide the date of Eid. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>