Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be laid to rest later today beside her husband, former president Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital, with India confirming official participation in her funeral.

India will be represented at the funeral by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, according to a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs. "The External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar will represent the Government and people of India at the funeral of Begum Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party," the statement said.

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, died on Tuesday at the age of...