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Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Haj Program-2024 (Hijri 1445) at Ashkona Haj Camp in the capital. After inaugurating the Haj program as the chief guest, he also exchanged greetings with the pilgrims. The Prime Minister also sought prayers from the Haj pilgrims for the people of Bangladesh. However, Haj flights carrying Bangladeshi pilgrims […]
According to sources, after the registration closes on February 6, the Ministry of Religious Affairs will inform the authorities in Saudi Arabia about the number of registered Hajj pilgrims and refund the incomplete registration quota. This year, there is a quota for 127,198 Haj pilgrims from Bangladesh, while the registration number till Saturday afternoon stood […]
According to sources, after the registration closes on February 6, the Ministry of Religious Affairs will inform the authorities in Saudi Arabia about the number of registered Hajj pilgrims and refund the incomplete registration quota. This year, there is a quota for 127,198 Haj pilgrims from Bangladesh, while the registration number till Saturday afternoon stood […]
Those who want to perform Haj will have to deposit Rs 205,000 for registration and the remaining amount will have to be deposited by February 29, 2024. If a pilgrim is unable to perform Haj, the money deposited for registration will not be refunded. Hajj-2024 will be held on the 9th day of Zilhajj (June […]
He said that Bangladesh’s skilled and unskilled manpower is now working in Saudi Arabia and contributing positively to the infrastructure and economic development of both the countries. Referring to the completion of immigration of Bangladeshi Haj pilgrims in Dhaka, the President said, as a result, the journey of pilgrims as well as the performance of […]
The first Haj flight carrying 419 pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 3.20 am on Sunday. “A Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate the first Haj flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Jeddah at 3.20 am on Sunday,” Biman spokesperson Tahera Khondokar told BSS. Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh […]
Minister of State for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haq Khan, MP, presided over the ceremony, while Qazi Enamul Hasan, secretary of the ministry, delivered the welcome address. Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mehboob Ali, MP Habib Hasan, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousuf Essa Al Dulaihan and Haj Agencies Association of […]
Last year, the same amount of foreign exchange was allowed for the pilgrims. Bangladesh Bank has given this instruction in the light of a decision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. According to the circular, every Haj pilgrim can take $1,200 or its equivalent in foreign currency over and above the total cost of Haj. […]
According to the agreement, 15,000 people will be able to go on Haj under government management while 112,198 people will be able to go on Haj under private management. This year, 70 per cent of Bangladeshi pilgrims will go through Jeddah airport while the remaining 30 per cent will go through Madinah airport. Meanwhile, the […]
He added that the Saudi government increased the cost by about 100,000 taka for each pilgrim as they added some new facilities for Haj pilgrims. On 1 February, the government fixed the Haj cost for each pilgrim at 683,018 taka which was about 161,000 taka more than the previous year. Of them, an amount of […]
Officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have claimed that they have fixed the lowest airfare and hence it is not possible to reduce it further. He came up with the decision at a press conference on Sunday at the national flag carrier’s headquarters. At the briefing, the airlines’ managing director Shafiul Azeem said, “The lowest airfare […]
Saudi Arabia has made it mandatory for Bangladeshi pilgrims performing Haj in 2023 to have COVID-19 shots as well as vaccines against meningitis and seasonal influenza. The Ministry of Religious Affairs said in a notice on its website that priority will be given to Bangladeshis who have not performed Haj this year. Children as young […]
Over the years, the state has spent billions of dollars to make one of the world’s largest religious congregations more secure. The Hajj, a once-in-a-lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, is a major source of income for the government from worshippers’ housing, transportation, fees and gifts. An economic reform plan by […]
