Dhaka, April 18 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has inspected the Hajj camp and inaugurated Hajj flights, kicking off the journeys of Muslim devotees setting off on their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

The prime minister met the Hajj pilgrims travelling on the first Biman Bangladesh flight around 11:30pm on Friday, said his Additional Press Secretary Atiqur Rahman Rumon.

He said, "The [prime minister], Mr Tarique Rahman, first inaugurated the Hajj camp. There, he embraced pilgrims and exchanged greetings with them."

He also inaugurated a medical camp there.

"Afterwards, the prime minister boarded the first Hajj flight -- that is, the Bangladesh Biman flight -- and spoke to the pilgrims and prayed that they reach Saudi Arabia safely. Thr...