People of as many as 40 villages in Chandpur district began the fasting month of Ramadan on Saturday, in accordance with Saudi Arabia.
Maulana Zakaria Chowdhury, in charge of Hajiganj Sadra Darbar Sharif, said that the villagers had been celebrating all religious festivals like Eid and Ramadan on the lines of Saudi Arabia, home to the world鈥檚 most Muslim sites, since 1928.
The people of the villages across the upazilas of Faridganj, Matlab North, Kachua and Shahrasti offered their Tarabi prayers in the past night and began their dawn-to-sunset fast after having 鈥楽ehri鈥� before sunrise.
Following an official sighting of the new crescent moon Friday, Saudi Arabia announced that the kingdom would start the month of Ramadan on Saturday.
