The Hajj registration deadline is going to been ended on Thursday (February 1) amid poor response.

As many more quotas remain unfulfilled, the Bangladesh government will return those to the Saudi Arabia government.

Till Wednesday morning, a total of 64,045 hajj aspirants have completed their hajj registration. Of thme, 3,976 are under government management and 60,069 under private management.

Total 63,153 quotas are still vacant.

The hajj registration started on November 15 and continued till December 10. The Ministry of Religious Affairs later extended the deadline until December 31.

The hajj registration started on November 15 and continued till December 10. The Ministry of Religious Affairs later extended the deadline until December 31.

Despite a very poor response, the ministry later extended the time until January 18 and, later, extended till February 1 for the third phase.

According to the agreement between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, a total of 1.27 lakh Bangladeshis got the opportunity to perform hajj this year.

Leaders of HAAB said despite huge interest, people are not completing hajj registration due to the high cost of hajj packages this year.