Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on August 1.

The decision came from a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee after reviewing information about the sighting of Zilhaj moon.

The meeting was held at the office of Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram at 7:15pm, with Religious Affairs Secretary Nurul Islam in the chair.

The moon of the holy month of Zilhaj was not sighted in the sky of Bangladesh yesterday.

Muslims celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha on the 10th of Zilhaj to commemorate the true spirit of sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim (as).

On this day the Prophet had offered to sacrifice his son Ismail, who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Allah.

But the Almighty in His benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed.