Staff Reporter
Hundreds of hajj pilgrims would not be able to perform hajj due to mismanagement of private hajj agencies, informed sources said.
Over 45,000 hajis from Bangladesh were supposed to perform hajj in Saudi Arabia this year. Of them about 75 per cent hajis were to perform hajj through private sector hajj agencies, who are members of the Hajj Association of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Biman, the national flag carrier,
reduced the airfare for hajjis from US 40 to 70 dollars per head, depending on flight schedules.
Biman started hajj flight from the second week of November. [Read more]