DHAKA: Former Bangladesh PM and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was laid to rest with full state honours beside her husband and former President Ziaur Rahman here on Wednesday, as hundreds of thousands of people bid an emotional farewell to the three-time PM.

Overnight, Zia's body will be kept at the Evercare Hospital mortuary and will be taken to her Gulshan residence in Feroza on Wednesday morning.

Standing before an ocean of mourners on Manik Mia Avenue, Tarique Rahman on Wednesday made an emotional appeal to

Dhaka: The funeral prayer of Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia will be held on Wednesday at 2 pm, officials said. The coffin of former prime minister Zia will be placed at the west end of Manik Mia Avenue instead of the South Plaza of the Parliament, the Chief Advisor's Office said on Tuesday.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was buried with full state honours in Dhaka on Wednesday, in a ceremony watched by thousands of mourners and visiting leaders. External Affairs Minister S.