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1,338 people performed hajj in public fund
SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 20, 2018 (BSS) – Religious Affairs
Minister Principal Matiur Rahman today said the
government sent 1,338 pilgrims for performing hajj with
public expenditure from 2014 under National Hajj and
Umrah policy.
“The government started sending pilgrims to Saudi
Arabia for performing hajj with public expenditure in
2014,” he said this, while replying to a starred
question from treasury bench member Selina Begum in the
Jatiya Sangsad.
The minister said the cabinet approved the National
Hajj and Urmah Policy and after that devoted Muslims
began to perform hajj with government fund from 2014.
To this end the government sent 124 pilgrims for hajj
with public expenditure in 2014, 266 Muslims in 2015,
288 pilgrims in 2016, 320 Muslim people in 2017 and 340
in 2018, he said.
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