The government has once again extended the deadline by another five days for the registration of the Hajj pilgrims as expected responses are not coming from them.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Thursday issued a notice in this regard.
According to the circular, the serial number of the registration under both government and private management is still open, and both the managements have created a new pre-registration facility for the pilgrims.
The server for the registration will automatically be stopped once the registration quota is finished, it added.
Of these, 9,935 and 1,08,351 pilgrims have already registered under the government and private management systems respectively.
Earlier, the registration deadline was extended by three days till March 30, in a bid to fulfill the registration quota.
On January 9, the government signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia over Hajj.
According to the agreement, 15,000 people will be able to go to Hajj under government management while 1,12,198 can go under private management.
This year, 70 per cent Bangladeshi pilgrims will go through Jeddah Airport while the remaining 30 per cent will go through Madinah Airport.
Meanwhile, the government reduced the cost of hajj packages under both public and private managements by Tk 11,725 as Saudi Arabia has reduced a service charge for the intending pilgrims worldwide.
Pilgrims who will perform hajj under the government management have to pay Tk 6,71,290 each to perform hajj this year after deduction of Tk 11,725. Besides, those who will go under private management have to pay Tk 6,60,893 each after deduction of the amount.
