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137,198 Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year

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Published: 13:50, 23 January 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
137,198 Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year

A total of 137,198 pilgrims will go to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh this year for performing Hajj this year.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah made the disclosure while replying to a question of Awami League MP Morshed Alam on Thursday.

A Hajj deal was signed between Bangladesh and Saud governments on December 4, 2019.

According to the deal, among the pilgrims, 120,000 people will perform Hajj under private management and 17,198 others under government management.

 

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