FENI: Two people were arrested with 80 bottles of phensidyl by DB Police in front of Imam market on Dhaka -Chattogram Highway on Sunday. NN photo

Irregularities by HAAB: 10,000 pilgrims may miss Hajj

Sanwar Hossain :Uncertainty looms over performing Hajj by some 10,000 pilgrims this year because of severe mismanagement of the Hajj agencies, their carelessness and profit boosting tendency, Hajj aspirants have alleged. With just two weeks to the annual Muslim pilgrimage of the Hajj, only 58361out of 1, 27,198 eligible Bangladeshi pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia until Saturday, the Bangladesh Hajj office in Makkah said.The Hajj will fall on August 30, depending on moon sighting. Saudi authorities will issue visa...

14 Aug 2017, 12:00 am