, March 19 -- The Ministry of Religious Affairs has formed a 66-member Hajj administrative support team to assist Bangladeshi pilgrims in Saudi Arabia during this year's Hajj.

The team has been constituted in accordance with Rule 25 of the Hajj and Umrah Management Rules, 2022 (amended), and government approval has been given for their travel to Saudi Arabia, according to a recent order issued by the ministry.

The team includes officials and staff from different levels, such as drivers, office assistants, administrative officers, personal officers, gunmen, accounts officers, computer operators and photocopy operators.

A total of nine drivers have been included in the team. They are Md Alamgir and Aktaruzzaman Sarkar from the minister's...