16 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

A total of 16 Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died of various reasons this year in Saudi Arabia as of Thursday.

Of them, 14 were males and two females, according to a bulletin of the Bangladesh Haj Management Portal under the Religious Affairs Ministry,

It said 13 hajj pilgrims died in Makkah while two in Medina and one in Jeddah.

The latest recorded death was of Fayez Ullah, 65, hailing from Cumilla district. He died in Makkah on Thursday.

According to the bulletin, a total of 85,811 Bangladeshi pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia till Thursday to perform hajj.

Of them, 81,207 went to Saudi Arabia under private management while 4,604 under government arrangement.