MADARIPUR, Oct 9, 2024 (BSS) – Religious Affairs Advisor of the interim government Dr AFM Khalid Hossain has said the hajj pilgrims will be able to perform hajj by a less amount of money as the government is going to make arrangement of travelling to Saudi Arabia boarding on ships.

“We have discussed the proposal with the Saudi authorities to send pilgrims boarding on ship as the people used to travel  by  ships for hajj  before and after the independence”, he said  while responding to a query at a function at Jamiatual Sunnah Madrasha in Shibchar upazila here  on Tuesday night.

Informing that the Saudi government primarily  has consented to the proposal,  the advisor  said “ We have already talked to the owners of the ship companies …at least we want to open a door so that  the common people can perform hajj  in a cost-effective way”.

He further said the Saudi government is very much sincere on overall cooperation to the hajj pilgrims.

The religious advisor said the cost of travelling by Biman Bangldesh Airlines now is very high.

 We have also discussed it with Biman  to reduce the fare   and we are hopeful that the hajj packages would be cost-effective”, he added.

Chaired by Allama Mahmudul Hasan, the function also was attended, among others, by Hazrat Maulana Mahfuzul Huq, director Maulana Obaidur Rahman Khan Nadvi and director general of Gauharpur Madrasha Maulana Musleh Uddin.