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UNB, Dhaka

This year's fitra has been fixed at Tk 55 per head for capital Dhaka and its adjoining areas.

A meeting on 'Sadkatul Fitr, held at the Islamic Foundation Tuesday, has fixed the fitra as per the present market price of 1.650 kg of flour or fine flour.

Fitra for other parts of the country will be fixed according to the local price of 1.650 kg of flour and fine flour, said a press release. Chaired by Director General of the Islamic Foundation M Fazlur Rahman, the meeting was atended, among others, by Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Maulana Obaidul Haq and Senior Pesh Imam Mufti Mohammad Nuruddin, member of the Islamic Foundation Board of Governors Maulana Mofazzal Hossain Khan and Mufti Enamul Haque Kashemi of Basundhara Islamic Research Centre.

The meeting was told that giving 'Sadkatul Fitr' is 'wajib' (obligatory) for every capable person and it is also 'wajib' for a capable father to give fitra for his underage children.