KSA to allow over 127,000 Bangladeshis to perform hajj in 2024
File Photo: Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as they pray at the Grand Mosque, during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 12 July 2022. Photo: Reuters
The Saudi government will allow 127,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh to perform hajj in 2024.
Secretary to the Ministry of Religious Affairs Md Abdul Hamid Jamaddar said this during a meeting in the meeting room of the ministry Wednesday morning.
He said registration for the hajj in 2024 will begin on 16 September 2023.
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Visa issuance will begin on 1 March 2024, and end on 29 April and flights will begin on May 9, he added.
