Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government enacted the Hajj and Umrah Management Act-2021 for ensuring smooth hajj performance by Bangladeshi devotees.
A Bangladeshi willing to perform Hajj will have to pay Tk59,000 more for the Hajj packages which were earlier announced by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Hajj Agency Association of Bangladesh (HAAB). During a media briefing at the ministry on Thursday, State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haque Khan said the executive committee on Hajj management raised the
Each members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Religious Affairs wants to send three representatives to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj 2022.
Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country Tuesday as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh this evening. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Moon Sighting Committee at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Sunday evening. The committee made the call after reviewing data from all district
Hajj management would be very challenging this year as almost all hajj-related activities are yet to start with just two months to complete those, said organisations involved in it.
The demand for allowing a third carrier for operating hajj flights is getting louder as the existing system of ferrying the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has been costing the hajis more and is creating a monopoly for two airlines.