Diplomats from a total of 35 countries attended the funeral prayer of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka on Wednesday (Dec 31, 2025).
Those who attended the funeral prayer were US Chargé d’Affaires Megan Boldin, British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke, Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and European Union Ambassador Michael Miller, Russia’s Chargé d’Affaires Ekaterina Semenova, Japanese Ambassador Saida Shinichi, Canadian High Commissioner Ajit Singh, Australian High Commissioner Susan Ryle, and Swiss Ambassador Reto Siegfried Renggli.
Ambassadors and high commissioners from the Netherlands, Libya, the Philippines, Singapore, Palestine, South Korea, Myanmar, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Indonesia, Norway, Brazil, Morocco, Iran, Algeria, Brunei, Thailand, Qatar, Denmark and Malaysia also took part in the janaza.
In addition to diplomats, BIMSTEC Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey and World Food Programme (WFP) Acting Country Representative Simone Lawson Parchment attended the funeral prayers.
The funeral prayer was held across the South Plaza of the National Parliament and the adjoining Manik Mia Avenue.
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