PM opens hajj programme 2023
Online Desk
19 May 2023 12:26 PM । Update: 19 May 2023 12:57 PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Hajj Programme-2023 at Hajj Camp in the city's Ashkona at 11am on Friday.
A total of 140 hajj pilgrims, senior officials and representatives of various organisations, including the Ministry of Religion, were present in the ceremony.
Some 1,20,491 pilgrims from Bangladesh are set to perform hajj this year.
The Hajj is expected to be held on June 27 depending on the sighting of the moon.
With State Minister for Religious Affairs Md. Faridul Haque Khan, MP, in the chair, secretary of the ministry Kazi Enamul Hassan delivered welcome address.
State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali, Habib Hasan, MP, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yussef Essa Al Dulaihan and president of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) Shahadat Hossain Taslim also spoke on the occasion.
