Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh(HAAB) has announced package for performing hajj under private management  this year.

M Shahadat Hossain, president of HAAB, announced the package at a program in the city on Thursday.

The minimum cost for each pilgrim has been fixed at Tk 4,63,000  excluding the cost sacrificial animals. The private Hajj agencies will be able to announce  their own special packages but it won’t be lower than the minimum general package announced by HAAB.

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This year, a total of 57,856 pilgrims will be able to perform Hajj from Bangladesh and of them 53,585 will travel under private management.

The minimum cost under government management has been fixed at Tk 4,62, 150 this year which is over Tk 1 lakh more than 2020.

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