81,783 hajj pilgrims reach KSA from Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: A total of 236 flights carrying 81,783 hajj pilgrims reached Saudi Arabia to perform the holy hajj this year.

Of them, 4,058 pilgrims went Mecca under government management and 77,725 under private management.

In a special hajj bulletin from Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed the matter yesterday.

According to the hajj bulletin, 17 hajj pilgrims including two women have died in Saudi Arabia.

Earlier, the hajj flight operation began on July 14 and it would continue till August 15.


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