A total of 29 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died of various reasons in Saudi Arabia so far, says the religious affairs ministry said on Saturday (Aug 3).

Among the deceased, 26 were males and three were females. Of the pilgrims, 24 died in Makkah, four in Medina, and one in Jeddah, according to the latest bulletin posted on the ministry’s Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal.

A number of 112,606 Bangladeshi pilgrims reached Saudi Arabia till Friday (Aug 2) to perform Hajj, it said.

This year, a total of 126,923 Bangladeshi pilgrims are set to perform Hajj both under government and private management.

Muslim pilgrims from all over the world will begin performing Hajj from Aug 10.

The first Hajj flight of the year left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Jul 4 and the last flight will be operated on Aug 5.

However, the return flights are scheduled to start on Aug 17 and will continue till Sep 15.