Over 700 hajj aspirants drop out this year
Aspiring pilgrims will have to pay an additional sum of Tk 16,000 to undertake Hajj pilgrimage under private management this year, private Hajj agencies say on Monday, March 5, 2018. Star file photo
Around 700 Bangladeshi hajj aspirants will not be able to go to Saudi Arabia for performing hajj this year on several grounds including illness.
Saiful Islam director of the Ashkona Hajj Camp told this to The Daily Star this afternoon.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Meanwhile, all necessary papers including visas of 1, 26,498 hajj pilgrims have already been completed, he said.
A total of 1, 27, 198 pilgrims were scheduled to go to Saudi Arabia for performing hajj this year, the official added.
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