Around 25,000 hajj aspirants failed to complete their registration before the deadline ended at 8:00pm last night.

So far, around 1,02,000 of the aspirants have completed registration to perform this year's hajj that is likely to be held on August 21, subject to moon sighting, said sources at the religious affairs ministry.

In a bid to fill up the quota of 1,27,198 hajis, the ministry will now consider a second list of pre-registered aspirant hajj pilgrims today and 25,000 more hajj aspirants, based on their serial numbers, will be given the opportunity to complete registration, Anisur Rahman, secretary-in charge of the ministry, told this paper.

The aspirants from the new list will have to complete their registration by April 5, he also said.

This year, the final registration of the pilgrims under government management started on March 1 while the process under private hajj management began on March 6.