Earlier, the drafts of the ‘National Hajj and Omrah Policy-2019’ and ‘Hajj Package-2019’ were approved by the ministry on Monday. Package-1 of the government-managed pilgrim tours for this year will cost an individual Tk 418,500, while Package-2 costs Tk 344,000. Last year, Package-1 cost was set at Tk 397,929 and Package-2 was Tk 331,359. But we raised the cost by around 12,000 compared to last year.”“The proposed cost for Package-1 was Tk 442,000 and for Package-2 was Tk 370,000. Now tell me if Hajj is costlier?”“I hope you’ll now be able to tell that we have reduced cost for Hajj,” said the minister.

Source: bd News24 February 12, 2019 13:07 UTC