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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was laid to rest on Wednesday beside her husband, former President Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka, according to Daily Star.

Hadi murder accused Masud said the allegations levelled against him by Bangladesh authorities are false and politically motivated.

Tarique Rahman is under pressure to fulfil his promise of offering a "new Bangladesh." But he finds himself in a dilemma.

"As HE Dr @DrSJaishankar left Dhaka after a whirlwind 4-hr visit, #Bangladesh & #India would look forward to script a new chapter in ties, in shared interests driven by pragmatism and mutual interdependence, as indeed briefly discussed with @bdbnp78 Acting Chair, @trahmanbnp this afternoon," Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah said in a post on X.

The dignitaries arrived in Dhaka to attend the last rites of Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, who died on Tuesday at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness. A towering figure in national politics, she served three terms as prime minister and played a key role in restoring democracy after years of military rule.

Khaleda Zia Funeral: Cut off from BNP colleagues, family and the public eye, three-time Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia was imprisoned in near-total isolation inside the country's biggest prison, Dhaka Central Jail, for two years. The jail term, which began in February 2018, was widely seen as a political message of how far the Sheikh Hasina government was willing to go to break her most formidable rival.

Global instability marked 2025. India-Pakistan tensions flared after a terror attack. The Israel-Gaza war continued. Russia-Ukraine conflict persisted. The US expanded tariffs. France faced a major museum heist. Bangladesh and Nepal saw political unrest. Epstein-related documents were unsealed in the US. Thailand-Cambodia border tensions escalated. These events shaped the global order.

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia died in the capital, Dhaka, at the age of 80 on Tuesday. She spent her last days in the Intensive Care Unit of Evercare Hospital after suffering from multiple ailments for years. Her rise to power is astonishing and so is her political career.

Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 after a brutal liberation war against Pakistan. From 1947, when East Pakistan was created, until independence, the region's politics were dominated by the Muslim League.