Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim dies in Saudi Arabia

A Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim died in Saudi Arabia on Saturday (June 11, 2022), according to the Hajj management portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The deceased was identified as Md Jahangir Kabir, a resident of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.

His passport number is "A 01012228". The reason of his death could not be known immediately.

Jahangir is the first Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim to breath his last in Saudi Arabia this year.

Hajj flights from Bangladesh started on June 5, 2022. Till yesterday (June 12, 2022), 7,573 people went to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh.