RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) asked all foreign hajjis to leave the country within November 8.

Hatem bin Hussein Gadi, spokesperson of the kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj, confirmed the matter to media.

Hatem told that monitoring station has been set up for the hajji transportations and the water supply of Zamzam well at Medina and Mecca.

Meanwhile, a total of 25,495 hajjis from Bangladesh returned home by the Biman Bangladesh Airlines and the Saudi Arabian Airlines flights after completing the hajj activities.

Some 70 Bangladeshi – 61 men and 9 women – died in the KSA during performing hajj and they were buried there, Hajj Office at Mecca confirmed the matter to banglanews.

BDST: 0950 HRS, OCT 18, 2014