Dhaka, May 2 -- The first death was registered among this year's Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims.

The information was provided in the latest bulletin from the Ministry of Religious Affairs' Hajj Affairs Portal.

The victim was identified as Md Khalilur Rahman, a 70-year-old resident of Ramkal Bahadurpur village in Rajbari's Pangsha Upazila, according to bdnews24.com.

He had arrived in Saudi Arabia's Madinah aboard Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-3401.

A total of 13,191 pilgrims from Bangladesh have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far, according to the bulletin.

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