Return Hajj flights start from 27 Aug

The Hajj pilgrims would start returning home from 27 August till 26 September after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia, reports BSS.

The first return flight carrying the Hajj pilgrims will leave for Dhaka from Madina on 27 August.

According to Dhaka and Makkah Hajj office, this year a total of 1,27,298 people including members of hajj management went to Saudi Arabia through 371 hajj flights. A total of 120,000 hajj pilgrims went to perform Hajj through 528 agencies approved by the ministry of religious affairs.

Medical centers of Saudi Arabia provided treatment to 51,881 hajj pilgrims, who went to perform hajj.

This year, 86 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims, including 13 women, died in Saudi Arabia. Among them 49 died in Makkah, seven in Madina, two in Jeddah, 18 in Mina and 10 in Arafat, said Makkah Hajj office.