Staff Reporter :
The fate of about 13,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims seems uncertain as to whether they would be able to perform Hajj this year due to the negligence of 56 agencies. No air tickets and pay orders for those pilgrims have been issued although they have got e-visas to perform Hajj this year, sources said.
Meanwhile, Hajj flight started on Saturday for this year. But the Saudi Arabia has already warned that no additional slot will be allotted by Saudi authorities this year. In this situation, the Religious Affairs Ministry is facing hard problem. But the agency owners are still silent regarding the issue.
In this situation, Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Anisur Rahman has asked the agency owners and Monajjems to attened an emergency meeting to be held in his office today.
According to the Askona’s Hajj Camp, about 4500 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims had already reached Saudi Arab till Sunday.
Among them national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated eight and the Saudia Airlines also nine flights respectively.
Earlier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines informed by a media release that they were very cautious this time to check any kind of complexity in hajj flight operation as Saudi authorities already declared that they won’t be able to provide any additional flight to Biman Bangladesh airlines this year before the Hajj.
This year, a total of 1, 26,798 pilgrims will go to Saudi Arabia for performing Hajj. Of them, 6,798 will perform Hajj under government management and 1,20,000 under private management.
Bangladesh Biman will carry 63,599 pilgrims operating 187 flights. Of them, 7,198 will go under government management and rest 56,401 under private management.
The pilgrims will go to Saudi Arabia through 528 hajj agencies. The Hajj flight will continue till 15 August and the return hajj flights are scheduled to begin from 27 August and will continue till 25 September.
Last year, the national flag carrier had to cancel 24 scheduled hajj flights as agencies were reluctant to send the pilgrims before much ahead of the Hajj.
The fate of about 13,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims seems uncertain as to whether they would be able to perform Hajj this year due to the negligence of 56 agencies. No air tickets and pay orders for those pilgrims have been issued although they have got e-visas to perform Hajj this year, sources said.
Meanwhile, Hajj flight started on Saturday for this year. But the Saudi Arabia has already warned that no additional slot will be allotted by Saudi authorities this year. In this situation, the Religious Affairs Ministry is facing hard problem. But the agency owners are still silent regarding the issue.
In this situation, Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Anisur Rahman has asked the agency owners and Monajjems to attened an emergency meeting to be held in his office today.
According to the Askona’s Hajj Camp, about 4500 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims had already reached Saudi Arab till Sunday.
Among them national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated eight and the Saudia Airlines also nine flights respectively.
Earlier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines informed by a media release that they were very cautious this time to check any kind of complexity in hajj flight operation as Saudi authorities already declared that they won’t be able to provide any additional flight to Biman Bangladesh airlines this year before the Hajj.
This year, a total of 1, 26,798 pilgrims will go to Saudi Arabia for performing Hajj. Of them, 6,798 will perform Hajj under government management and 1,20,000 under private management.
Bangladesh Biman will carry 63,599 pilgrims operating 187 flights. Of them, 7,198 will go under government management and rest 56,401 under private management.
The pilgrims will go to Saudi Arabia through 528 hajj agencies. The Hajj flight will continue till 15 August and the return hajj flights are scheduled to begin from 27 August and will continue till 25 September.
Last year, the national flag carrier had to cancel 24 scheduled hajj flights as agencies were reluctant to send the pilgrims before much ahead of the Hajj.
