Registered intending pilgrims aged over 65 will not be allowed to perform Hajj this year, said State Minister for Religious Affairs, Md Faridul Haque Khan, today.

Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims this year will not have to wait for completing the immigration process at Saudi Arabia airports as the Saudi government is going to do it in Dhaka.

Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends recruitment of Bangladeshi single males as domestic worker in three categories.

The government will continue sending female workers for domestic jobs to Saudi Arabia, says Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam.

Talented American student of Sudanese origin Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan arrived in Jeddah to perform Umrah and visit his relatives, reports Arab News.

The government will bring back Kamrul Islam, the prime accused in the teenage boy Rajon murder case, within two weeks as the Royal court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has approved his deportation, says State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam.