Overview
- India's defence minister visited the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and recorded condolences for the former prime minister.
- Singh posted on X that he expressed profound sorrow and conveyed thoughts for Zia's family and the people of Bangladesh.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended the funeral in Dhaka during a brief visit, which Bangladesh's high commissioner said could help script a new chapter in ties.
- Acting BNP chair Tarique Rahman thanked supporters, officials and visiting dignitaries for their roles in his mother's final farewell.
- Bangladesh held the Namaz-e-Janaza at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban's South Plaza and buried Khaleda Zia beside Ziaur Rahman in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, with thousands in attendance and delegations from multiple South Asian nations.