The Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced the Hajj package for those travelling under government management next year.
The lowest package has been priced at Tk 505,648, up 8 percent from last year, Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain Kaikobad announced at the Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon, unveiling the government's 2027 Hajj package.
The lowest package in 2026 stood at Tk 467,137. That puts this year's cost up by Tk 38,511.
The ministry, however, claims that a closer look at overall service and incidental costs tells a different story.
Once food, Muallem fees and currency exchange rate adjustments are factored in, the actual cost of Hajj for the same quality of service is set to fall by Tk 28,063 in 2027, it said.
An analysis of the approved "Hajj Package and Guidelines 2027" and its published cost breakdown shows that the Tk 467,137 package announced by the government in 2026 did not include pilgrims' daily food costs, which pilgrims had to bear on their own.
By contrast, the lowest 2027 "Economy Package-2" already includes the cost of food in Makkah and Madinah, along with sacrificial animal expenses, as part of the government price.
As a result, the ministry says the actual cost of Hajj has not risen.
