The holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims engage in self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country tomorrow as the new crescent moon was sighted this evening.

The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision at a meeting held at the conference room of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque with Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad in the chair, sources at the Islamic Foundation told The Daily Star.

Muslims are meant to fast from dawn to dusk during the lunar month, a time of restraint and austerity.

Taraweeh prayers will begin from tonight.