Fitra fixed at Tk 115 minimum this year

This year, the minimum fitra amount has been fixed at Tk115 per person while the maximum at Tk 2,970.

The decision came at a meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee held on Thursday with the committee head and Baitul Mukarram National Mosques khatib, Hafez Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ruhul Amin in the chair.

The rate is fixed based on market prices of flour, dates, cheese, raisins and some other essentials, a press release of the Islamic Foundation said.
It said Fitra is an obligatory charity distributed to the poor at the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan. Fitra is paid to the poor before the jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Among others, Islamic scholars from various mosques and madrasahs attended the meeting.