C T Online Desk: Among the deceased, 25 were males and six were females.
At least 31 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died of various causes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Among the deceased, 25 were males and six were females. Of them, 24 died in Makkah, four in Madinah, two in Mina, and one in Jeddah, the latest bulletin of the Hajj Management Portal under the Ministry of Religious Affairs said Thursday.
As many as 85,225 pilgrims from Bangladesh arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year under government and private management.
Muslim pilgrims from all over the world performed Hajj on 15 June.
The first Hajj flight of the year left Dhaka for the KSA on 9 May and the last flight was operated on 12 June.
The return flights began on 20 June and will continue till 22 July.
Hajj death toll tops 1,000
The death toll from this year’s Hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday, more than half unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia.
The new deaths reported Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 Egyptians who died, 630 were unregistered pilgrims.
Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims with the means must complete at least once.
