EAM Jaishankar to Attend Khaleda Zia's Funeral in Dhaka

Delhi: India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will leave for Dhaka to attend the funeral of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, MEA sources said on Tuesday. Zia, the longtime chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) and a three-time prime minister, died earlier in the day in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. She was 80.

The funeral will be held on Wednesday, as Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus announced on Tuesday a three-day state mourning and a one-day general holiday following the death of the former prime minister.