43,773 Bangladeshi pilgrims reach Saudi Arabia

A total of 43,773 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have so far reached Saudi Arabia by 110 Hajj flights to perform the holy Hajj this year.

Director of the Bangladesh Hajj Office, Md Lokman Hossain, said that 110 flights had landed in Jeddah by 10am on Sunday.

According to the hajj bulletin, seven pilgrims have died so far due to natural causes. Of them, five died in Makkah and two in Medina.

It said that the Saudi medical team provided treatment facilities to 9,175 pilgrims, while the IT Helpdesk provided medical services to 9,730 pilgrims, reports BSS.