Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday after the inauguration of the Hajj programme-2024 (Hijri 1445) at Ashkona Hajj Camp in Dhaka exchanged greetings with the (Hajji) Hajj pilgrims.
The premier sought doa from the Hajj pilgrims for the people of Bangladesh as well.
However, the hajj flight carrying Bangladeshi pilgrims will start from Dhaka today.
The first hajj flight (BG-3301) is scheduled to leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 7:20am for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, carrying 419 pilgrims.
With Religious Affairs Minister Md. Faridul Haque Khan in the chair, Secretary of the Ministry Md A Hamid Zamadder delivered the welcome address at the Hajj programme opening function.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan, Dha-ka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Religious Affairs Mohammad Huchamuddin Chowdhury, Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Youssef Essa Al Duhailan, and Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) Pres-ident M Shahadat Hossain Taslim also spoke.
Two pilgrims, as well, expressed their feelings and satisfaction over the Hajj management, and lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for digitization of Hajj activities.
An audio-visual documentary on Hajj activities was screened on the ceremony.
