Khaleda Zia Funeral LIVE: S Jaishankar Hands Over PM Modi’s Condolence Letter to Zia’s Son as People Gather at Dhaka Parliament
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia passed away early on Tuesday morning while receiving medical treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. She was 80 years old. As chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), she remained one of the most powerful and influential figures in the country’s politics until her final days.
The death of Begum Khaleda Zia, a two-time former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has come at a very important moment in the country’s democratic journey. Her passing comes just as Bangladesh prepares for national elections in February 2026.
Khaleda Zia Funeral Live Updates
A large number of people gather at the Dhaka Parliament to pay their last tribute to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia Funeral Date
Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died on 30th December, 2025, and her funeral is on 31st December in Dhaka, and she will be buried beside her late husband.
Khaleda Zia Father Name
Khaleda Zia’s father’s name was Iskandar Majumder.
Khaleda Zia son
Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman are the two sons of Khaleda Zia.
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14:18 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia’s Final Journey to Zia Udyan Draws Huge Crowds in Dhaka
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Bangladesh News Today Live: Following the conclusion of funeral prayers on Wednesday, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s body, covered with the national flag, was escorted under tight security to Zia Udyan in Dhaka. She will be buried next to her late husband, President Ziaur Rahman, as thousands of mourners lined the route to pay their respects.
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14:17 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Massive Crowds Gather Around Dhaka Parliament for Khaleda Zia’s State Funeral
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Bangladesh News Today Live: Thousands of people kept pouring into the areas surrounding the Parliament complex and Manik Mia Avenue on Wednesday. Television footage showed densely packed streets, leaving little room for movement as the state funeral proceedings continued. News channels reported that the crowd kept growing steadily throughout the day.
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13:57 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh:
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus reached Parliament Complex to join Khaleda Zia's janaza as reported by The Daily Star.
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13:45 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Jaishankar Met Tarique Rahman
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: On arrival in Dhaka, met with Mr Tarique Rahman @trahmanbnp, Acting Chairman of BNP and son of former PM of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia.
Handed over to him a personal letter from Prime Minister@narendramodi
Conveyed deepest condolences on behalf of the Government and people of India.
Expressed confidence that Begum Khaleda Zia’s vision and values will guide the development of our partnership.
On arrival in Dhaka, met with Mr Tarique Rahman @trahmanbnp, Acting Chairman of BNP and son of former PM of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 31, 2025
Handed over to him a personal letter from Prime Minister @narendramodi.
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13:40 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Who All are arrived for Last Tribute?
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Who all have arrived for the last tribute?
Bhutan: Bhutan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Lyonpo D. N. Dhungyel, reached Dhaka on Wednesday morning to represent his government at the state funeral of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Nepal: Nepal’s Foreign Minister Bala Nanda Sharma reached Dhaka late Monday night to represent his country at the state funeral of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath reached Dhaka this afternoon to participate in the state funeral of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, representing the Sri Lankan government.
Pakistan: Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, arrived in Dhaka this morning to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, representing Pakistan.
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13:33 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Jaishankar Hands Over Modi's condolence Letter to Tarique Rehman
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) hands over a condolence letter from PM Narendra Modi to Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rehman in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) hands over a condolence letter from PM Narendra Modi to Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rehman in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 31, 2025
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13:18 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Massive Crowd Gathers as Janaza Preparations and Security Intensify
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: From early morning, mourners from across the country began arriving in large numbers, using buses, trucks, trains, private vehicles, and motorcycles, transforming the areas around the venue into a massive gathering of people, reported by Bangladesh's The Daily Star.
The janaza is scheduled to take place at 2:00 pm today, with preparations at Manik Mia Avenue already in the final stages.
Security has been stepped up across the area. Heavy deployments of police and Armed Police Battalion (APBN) personnel are in place to manage the crowd and maintain order.
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13:14 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: A Large Crowd at Khaleda Zia’s Funeral Prayers at Parliament
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Thousands gathered in Dhaka on Wednesday to take part in the funeral prayers of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia. Large crowds poured into Manik Mia Avenue near the Parliament complex, turning the area into a vast sea of mourners.
The procession carrying Zia’s mortal remains left Tarique Rahman’s Gulshan Avenue residence at 11.04 am. The motorcade, which included a BNP bus in red and green, carried Tarique Rahman along with his wife Zubaida Rahman, daughter Zaima Rahman, Arafat Rahman’s wife, and other close family members to the funeral prayer venue.
তিনবারের সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী, গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলনের আপোসহীন নেত্রী এবং বিএনপি চেয়ারপারসন বেগম খালেদা জিয়ার জানাজার জন্য প্রস্তুত মানিক মিয়া অ্যাভিনিউ। জাতীয় সংসদ ভবনের ভেতরের মাঠ, বাইরের অংশ এবং পুরো মানিক মিয়া অ্যাভিনিউজুড়ে জানাজা অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।
— Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh (@ChiefAdviserGoB) December 31, 2025
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13:10 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: S Jaishankar Arrives in Dhaka to Pay Final Tribute to Khaleda Zia
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reached Dhaka on Wednesday morning to attend the last rites of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
He arrived around 11.30 am on a special Indian Air Force aircraft and was welcomed at the Bangladesh Air Force Base in Bashar by Foreign Ministry Secretary M Farhad Hossain.
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13:09 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Tarique Rahman Offers Quiet Prayers at Gulshan Residence
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman recited verses from the Holy Quran and offered prayers for his mother, former prime minister Khaleda Zia, soon after her body reached the family residence in Gulshan. He sat alone inside the house, praying silently, as relatives and close family members arrived to pay their final respects.
The body of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia arrived at Firoza in Gulshan, where family members and relatives paid their last respects to her ahead of her Namaz-e-Janaza.
— Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh (@ChiefAdviserGoB) December 31, 2025
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13:08 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: From Alliance to Bitter Rivalry
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia took charge of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1984, three years after the assassination of her husband, former president Ziaur Rahman. She pledged to carry forward his vision of lifting Bangladesh out of poverty and economic stagnation.
In the late 1980s, Zia set aside political differences and joined forces with Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s founding leader and head of the Awami League. Together, they led a mass pro-democracy movement that ended the military rule of Hossain Mohammad Ershad in 1990.
However, the partnership soon collapsed. Political mistrust deepened, and their relationship turned into one of the fiercest rivalries in the country’s history. Over the years, the intense power struggle between the two leaders earned them the nickname “the battling Begums,” a term that came to define Bangladesh’s polarised politics.
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12:42 (IST) 31 Dec 2025
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Last Respect to Khaleda Zia at Gulshan Residence
Khaleda Zia funeral LIVE Updates, Dhaka Bangladesh: Former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s body was brought to her Gulshan residence, Firoza, on Wednesday, where grieving family members and relatives gathered to pay their last respects, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said.
The body of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia arrived at Firoza in Gulshan, where family members and relatives paid their last respects to her ahead of her Namaz-e-Janaza.
— Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh (@ChiefAdviserGoB) December 31, 2025
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