Sun News Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Hajj Programme at the Hajji Camp in capital's Ashkona area on Friday.

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Opening the Hajj Programme, the Premier sought doa from the Hajj pilgrims for the people of Bangladesh so that none could play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people of the country.

The first hajj flight is scheduled to depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Saudi Arabia at 2:45am on Saturday.

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This year, a total of 122,221 pilgrims from Bangladesh are going to perform the holy hajj. The number of hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh was 57,585 last year due to Covid-19 restriction.

The Hajj is expected to be held on June 27 depending on the sighting of the moon.

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