PM opens Hajj prog today

UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate this year’s Hajj programme for Bangladeshi pilgrims on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister will open the Hajj programme-2014 at the Hajj Camp at the capital’s Ashkona at 5pm, Hajj officer Mizanur Rahman told UNB over phone.
After inaugurating the Hajj programme, Hasina will exchange greetings with the pilgrims who have already started reporting to the camp ahead of the first
 Hajj flight beginning on Wednesday, he said.
The Hajj official said, three flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd will carry about 1,157 Bangladeshi pilgrims on the first day which will start at about 7:05 am.
The national flag carrier will carry 50 percent Hajj pilgrims while Saudi Airlines the remaining 50 percent in several phases.
A total of 97,257 Hajj pilgrims out of 98,757 will perform Hajj under private management while the rest 1,500 under government management.