PM performs Umrah

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, centre, enters the Masjid-e-Nabawi in Medina in Saudi Arabia to say her prayers on Wednesday. PHOTO: PID

Bangladesh Consul General in Jeddah Asrafuddin told the news agency over phone that the prime minister performed Tawaf and other rituals of Umrah from 3:00pm to 5:30pm local time and prayed Asr and Maghrib prayers at Masjid-ul-Haram.

The prime minister and her entourage reached Makkah at 2:30pm local time from Madina via Jeddah.