This year, the minimum level of Fitra has been raised to Tk 75 per person, a hike of Tk 5 over last year. The maximum rate, however, stays unchanged at Tk 2,310.

Fitra is an obligatory charity distributed to the poor at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The decision to hike the rate was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee held on Saturday, chaired by the committee’s head and Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s Khatib Hafez Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ruhul Amin.

The rate of Fitra is fixed on the basis of market prices of flour, dates, cheese, raisins and some other essentials.

Fitra is paid to the poor before the jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Fitr.