The Hajj pilgrims will start returning home on Thursday after this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
According to the Hajj management portal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, return flights of pilgrims will start arriving on Thursday and the last flight with pilgrims will arrive in the country on July 22.
Bangladesh Airlines’ first dedicated flight BG 3301 departed for Saudi Arabia on May 9 with 415 pilgrims on board. The pilgrims started the official journey of this year’s Hajj through this flight.
According to the Hajj management portal, a total of 85,252 pilgrims went to Saudi Arabia for Hajj this year under public and private management. Among them, 4,562 people are in government management and 80,695 people are in private management. They reached Saudi Arabia by a total of 218 flights from Bangladesh.
According to the information given on the portal, 21 Bangladeshis died while performing Hajj this year. Among them 18 are male and three are female. Among them, 16 died in Mecca, four in Medina and one in Mina.