Diplomatic Desk: Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah bin Zafer bin Abiyah inaugurated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia`s project to benefit from sacrificial animals for the needy Bangladeshis on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at the Embassy premise, in cooperation with the Udhiyah Project, under the supervision of the Royal Commission for Makkah City and the Holy Sites. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mr. Md. Abdur Rashid, Director (Admin) of the Department of Disaster Management and Relief; and Mr. Jahangir, Deputy Director of the Department of Disaster Management and Relief and Mr. Mostofa Jamil Khan, Director of West Asia Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affair, and His Excellency Deputy Ambassador, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Ahmari; the representative of the Udhiyah Project, Mr. Ahmed Al-Zahrani; along with a number of journalists and media personnel. 

This project is a part of the Kingdom`s charitable work, which is an extension of the humanitarian and relief projects implemented by the Kingdom to benefit all Muslims from the sacrificial meat. The number of sacrificial animals distributed in the People`s Republic of Bangladesh reached 40,000 animals, equivalent to 372 tons of sacrificial meat, which was delivered to the Bangladeshi government for distribution to the deserving and needy in 64 administrative districts. It is worth noting that the Kingdom`s project to benefit from sacrificial meat extends over more than four decades and is one of the largest logistic supports in the world, benefiting needy groups in more than 25 countries around the world.

It is worth noting that the Saudi Arabia Project for Utilizing Hadi and Sacrificial Animals, in cooperation with the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, distributed

a portion of the sacrificial animal’s meat in the Chittagong region in presence of Mr. Ahmed Al-Zahrani from the Saudi Arabia Project for Utilizing Hadi and Sacrificial Animals, Mr.

Jahangir, Deputy Director of the Department of Disaster Management, and Mr. Yasser Shesha, representative of the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka.