Next season Hajj registration starts Sept 16

Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Wednesday finalised its draft roadmap for the Hajj management of Bangladeshis for the next year.
According to the roadmap, Hajj registration process for the Bangladeshi pilgrims for next year of 2024 would be started from September 16 this year. The registration process would be completed within February next and issuance of visa for the pilgrims would be started from March 1 next year.

After completion of all procedures, the Hajj flights would be started from May 9, 2024, according to a press release of the ministry.
The release signed by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer Asif Ahmed said that the roadmap was finalized at an inter-ministerial Hajj management preparatory meeting held at Secretariat with ministry’s Secretary M Abdul Hamid Jamaddar in the chair.

Representatives from the stakeholders related to Hajj management including the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB), Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Hajj Office of Ashkona, Bangladesh’s Hajj Counselor at Saudi Arabia and other authorities attended the meeting.
In the meeting, ministry’s Secretary Hamid Jamaddar informed that though Bangladesh couldn’t fulfill the quota of pilgrims in 2023, the Saudi Authority has already allocated Bangladesh’s quota of 1,27,198 for 2024. Bangladesh would try to fulfil the quota smoothly on time.

He also informed that the government will announce the Hajj package after finalisation. But, it would be delayed as the package can only be finalised when the Saudi authorities will fix the service charges of Mina, Arafah and Muzdalifah for performing Hajj.