First batch of Sri Lankan Hajj pilgrims leaves for Mecca

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Senior minister A.H.M. Fowzie was in Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport on Thursday to wish well to the first batch of Hajj pilgrims of Sri Lanka.

A group of 180 Sri Lankans left for Mecca in a Saudi Airline flight as the first group of 3,800 Sri Lankan Muslims to visit Mecca this year.

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