DHAKA: Some 30,000 pilgrims have received hajj visa while 101,700 submitted visa applications to perform hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Hajj camp assistant hajj officer Mohammad Abdul Maleque confirmed the matter to banglanews.
He said some 27,000 pilgrims are expected to go to perform hajj under government arrangement. Of them, 26,000 have received the visa so far.
He hoped that no complicacy regarding visa procedure would be created.
BDST: 1956 HRS, AUG 18, 2015
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