They had fled across the border to Bangladesh amid heavy fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel insurgents in Rakhine
Bangladesh pilgrim dies in Makkah
An elderly pilgrim from Bangladesh has died in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah.
Published : 23 Sept 2014, 04:11 AM
Updated : 23 Sept 2014, 04:11 AM
Abdul Haque, 66, hailed from Noakhali’s Begumganj, said a bulletin on Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal on Tuesday.
The state-run site, however, did not specify how he died.
A total 98,705 pilgrims from Bangladesh have left to perform Hajj this year under both private and government stewardship.
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