Return hajj flights start Monday

Senior Correspondent: The return hajj flight to bring back the Bangladeshi pilgrims will begin on Monday. The return hajj flight operations will continue till September 26.

Hajj office sources said that this year a total of 1,27,298 people including members of hajj management went to Saudi Arabia through 371 hajj flights.

A total of 120,000 hajj pilgrims went to perform Hajj through 528 agencies approved by the ministry of religious affairs.

This year, 86 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims, including 13 women, died in Saudi Arabia. Among them 49 died in Makkah, seven in Madina, two in Jeddah, 18 in Mina and 10 in Arafat, said Makkah Hajj office.

Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman is staying in Madina of Saudi Arab to check overall hajj management practically.


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