The Ministry of Religious Affairs has warned that administrative action may be taken against 124 agencies that do not have any pre-registered or primarily registered Hajj pilgrims for next year's Hajj activities. In a recent communication, the ministry issued letters to these 124 Hajj agencies regarding the issue. The notice referred to the official list of 891 Hajj agencies published for the 2025 Hajj season. As per condition 1(j) outlined in the list, any agency failing to register Hajj pilgrims without a valid reason may be subject to disciplinary action. Hajj aspirants asked to complete primary registration by Oct 23  The letter noted that the primary registration for Hajj 2025 began on September 1. However, among the approved Hajj agencies, 124 do not have any pre-registered or primarily registered Hajj pilgrims. In this situation, these 124 agencies have been requested to complete the pre-registration or primary registration of Hajj pilgrims immediately. Preliminary registration for Hajj 2025 will remain open until November 30, with the official Hajj packages set to be announced on October 30.

The government has extended the hajj registration deadline for 2024 until December 31 in a bid to avoid last time hassle. The Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notice signed by assistant secretary of the Ministry Tafiqul Islam on Sunday. According to the notice, the list of intending devotees should be sent to the Saudi government by January 7 and if the authorities don’t receive the final list, it will be difficult to get tent in Mina at a convenient place. HAAB announces private hajj package for 2024; minimum cost set at Tk 5.89 lakh To avoid such hassle, the Religious Affairs Ministry decided to extend the deadline for hajj registration. The server for the registration will automatically be stopped once the registration quota is finished, it added. Those who want to perform Hajj, have to deposit Tk 2.05 lakh for registration and the rest need to be deposited by February 29, 2024. HAAB writes to PM for refixing hajj airfare If any devotee fails to perform hajj then the money deposited for registration purposes will not be returned. Hajj-2024 will be held on 9th day of Zilhaj (June 16) depending on moon sighting. Like this year, a total of 1,27,198 devotees can perform hajj next year and of them, 10,198 can perform hajj under government management while the rest under private management. The government on November 2 announced the Hajj packages for 2024, reducing the cost by Tk 92,450. Hajj packages for 2024 to be cheaper Intending pilgrims have to pay Tk 5,78,840 under general package, and Tk 9,36,320 under special package. The hajj registration process began on November 15.