Dhaka, April 18 -- The first Hajj flight from Bangladesh, carrying 419 pilgrims, has arrived in Saudi Arabia.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 3001) landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah at 4:20 am local time.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Md Delwar Hossain and Counsellor (Hajj) Md Kamrul Islam received the pilgrims upon arrival. Flowers and refreshment kits were distributed among them, UNB reports.

Also present at the airport were Bangladesh Consul General in Jeddah Md Shakhawat Hossain, Assistant Seasonal Hajj Officer Md Ruhul Amin, Head of Operations at the Jeddah Hajj Terminal Yahya Radi, and Raed Bakshawn, manager of Saudi service provider Nusuk Marhaba, which assists pilgrims.

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