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Two more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi

Two more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims passed away in Madina of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. 

They were identified as Md Abdul Jalil, 62, hailed from Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur, and Beauty Begum, 47, from the area under Kotwali Police Station in Dhaka.

With this, a total of six Bangladeshi nationals died going to the middle east country to perform hajj.

The disclosure was made in a regular bulletin of the IT Help Desk of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

As of Tuesday, a total of 28,309 hajj pilgrims went to Saudi Arabia through 78 flights, said the bulletin.

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