IN PHOTOS: Bangladesh mourns death of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

Updated On: 30 December, 2025 08:11 PM IST | Divya Nair

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Khaleda Zia, the longtime chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a three-time prime minister, died on Tuesday in Dhaka after a prolonged illness. She was 80. In a televised address to the nation, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus announced a three-day state mourning and a one-day general holiday (PICS/AFP, TEXT/PTI and ANI)

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A billboard featuring Bangladesh`s late PM Khaleda Zia is displayed outside the barricaded Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday

<p>The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday declared seven days of official mourning following the death of Zia, who served as the party`s chairman</p>

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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday declared seven days of official mourning following the death of Zia, who served as the party`s chairman

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Zia`s supporters gather outside the private hospital following news of her death

<p>Zia was admitted to the capital Dhaka`s Evercare Hospital on November 23 with a lung infection. She had been suffering from various physical ailments, including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, liver cirrhosis, and kidney complications, for a long time, and earlier this month, she was sent to London for advanced medical treatment for her ailments</p>

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Zia was admitted to the capital Dhaka`s Evercare Hospital on November 23 with a lung infection. She had been suffering from various physical ailments, including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, liver cirrhosis, and kidney complications, for a long time, and earlier this month, she was sent to London for advanced medical treatment for her ailments

<p>Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday expressed his profound grief over the death of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, describing her as a "great guardian" of the nation and a towering figure in Bangladesh`s democratic history</p>

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Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday expressed his profound grief over the death of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, describing her as a "great guardian" of the nation and a towering figure in Bangladesh`s democratic history

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