Private hajj package cost reduced by Tk 82,818

Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) has announced package for performing hajj under private management fixing minimum cost at Tk 589,800.

M Shahadat Hossain Toslim, President of HAAB, announced the package at a press conference at a hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The cost for performing hajj under private management has been reduced by Tk 82,818, he said.

Earlier on November 2, the government reduced the cost of the hajj package under its management by Tk 92,450.

Pilgrims will have to pay Tk 5.78 lakh under the general package, and Tk 9.36 lakh under the special package, Faridul Haque Khan, state minister for religious affairs, told a press briefing at the Secretariat.

A total of 127,198 Bangladeshis will be able to perform hajj in 2024, said the Religious Affairs Ministry.