The first hajj flight, carrying 419 pilgrims, is scheduled to leave Dhaka tomorrow.
"A Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate the first hajj flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Jeddah on Sunday at 3:20am," Biman's spokesperson Tahera Khondoker told.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the Hajj Programme-2023 (1444 Hijri) at the Hajji Office in the capital's Ashkona area.
This year, a total of 1,22,221 pilgrims from Bangladesh are going to perform the hajj. The number of hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh was 57,585 last year due to Covid-19 restriction.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 1,27,198 pilgrims from Bangladesh performed hajj in 2019.
The hajj is expected to be held on June 27 depending on the sighting of the moon.
