Nepal and Bhutan have formally conveyed their condolences to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman following the death of former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. On Wednesday, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Bala Nanda Sharma and Bhutan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Lyonpo D. N. Dhungel personally handed over condolence messages to Tarique Rahman at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, according ...

China has paid glowing tribute to the late BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, describing her contribution to the development of China–Bangladesh relations as historic and unforgettable. Speaking at a regular press briefing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks while responding to a question from journalists about Khaleda Zia. Lin Jian said China ...

BNP Chairperson and three-time former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon beside her late husband, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. Her burial took place around 4:30 PM with full state honours, following her namaz-e-janaza at South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Family members, senior state officials, government representatives, foreign guests, ...

India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar handed over a message of condolence to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Wednesday. The condolence message was delivered as a mark of respect following the passing of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, according to a Facebook post of the BNP media cell. S Jaishankar ...

The namaz-e-janaza for the first female Prime Minister and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia was held at the southern plaza of the Parliament building, where hundreds of thousands of people were present to bid final farewell to their beloved leader. Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib Mufti Mohammad Abdul Malek conducted the janaza under the bright winter sun at ...

India’s foreign minister, S Jaishankar, Nepalese Foreign Affairs Minister Bala Nanda Sharma and Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq have arrived in Dhaka to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Begum Khaleda Zia and pay their last respects on behalf of their countries. As Delhi believes Khaleda Zia’s vision ...

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman recited from the Holy Quran at his Gulshan residence and prayed for his mother, former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, shortly after her body arrived there on Wednesday morning. Sitting alone next to his mother’s coffin inside the residence, Tarique Rahman appeared deeply grief-stricken as he prayed for his mother. Several relatives were seen reciting ...

A daily wage worker died after the bank of a river collapsed on him while extracting sand illegally at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased, Bachchu Miah, 50, is son of late Habib Miah of Nayabasti village at the Goainghat upazila, police said. Local people said that a group of workers were illegally extracting sand from the bank ...

The entrepreneur behind Britain’s biggest energy supplier is sitting on a fortune worth £300m following the blockbuster sale of its technology arm. Greg Jackson, who co-founded Octopus Energy in 2015, secured the fortune after he confirmed late on Monday that the company’s Kraken software arm had been spun off as an independent business valued at $8.7bn (£6.4bn). His stake in ...

Scientists are assessing whether a drug given to diabetes patients could be used to halt the progression of a potentially deadly condition. Metformin, which is used to treat high blood sugar caused by diabetes, is being used in trials for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), which are responsible for 4,000 deaths in the UK each year. An AAA is ...