Published: 07:47 AM, 18 April 2026
PM sends gift items for Hajj pilgrims
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sent goodwill gifts for Hajj pilgrims.
Dhaka Hajj Office director Lokman Hossain confirmed the matter to media.
The premier was scheduled to inaugurate this year's hajj flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday night.
The gift items include mineral water, backpacks, ihram soap, water containers, petroleum jelly, miswak, and Ajwa dates, Lokman said.
The Hajj flights begin as authorities announced completion of all preparations, including expanded flight schedules and reduced airfares, said a ministry statement.
Bangladesh, one of the world's largest Hajj pilgrim-sending countries, is expected to send around 78,500 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year.
Of them, 4,565 pilgrims will perform Hajj under government management, while 73,935 under private agencies.
About 50 percent of the hajj pilgrims will travel by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, while the remaining passengers by Saudia and Flynas airlines.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Religious Affairs in a press release said this year, the inaugural Hajj flight from Bangladesh will depart at 12:20 am on April 18, carrying 419 pilgrims from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
