Overview
- Funeral prayers were held at the South Plaza of the national parliament before Khaleda Zia was buried with full state honors beside Ziaur Rahman at Zia Udyan.
- The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus announced three days of national mourning and a one-day public holiday, with a large security deployment across Dhaka.
- India’s external affairs minister S. Jaishankar attended the ceremony and delivered a condolence letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as other regional representatives paid respects.
- The BNP said she died at 6:00 am on December 30 at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka after a prolonged illness, a death later confirmed by her personal physician.
- Tarique Rahman, back in Bangladesh after 17 years in exile and serving as the BNP’s acting chair, is widely reported as the party’s leading figure ahead of the early-2026 vote.