BANGLADESH

Hajj packages under govt-private management announced

This year’s hajj packages under government and private management were announced today.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan announced the packages at a press briefing at the secretariat here.

In the packages, the hajj pilgrims will have to pay Taka 4, 62,150 for hajj package under government management while Tk 4, 56,530 under private management, a press release said.

Meanwhile, Shahdat Hossain Taslim, leader of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB), said that detailed information regarding the private package will be announced on Thursday.

Earlier, Saudi Arabia raised the number of Hajj pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom to one million in 2022, authorities announced in a statement on April 9.

Hajj is open to those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are under the age of 65, added the statement.

Pilgrims travelling from abroad will also need to have a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before their departure for Saudi Arabia, the statement added.

Last year, 58,745 pilgrims performed Hajj in the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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