Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- People from all walks of life, including BNP activists, have paid their respects to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as the Zia Udyan was opened to the public the day following the burial of the former prime minister.

After the garden opened on Thursday afternoon, people visited the grave and offered prayers.

"May you [Khaleda] be well in the afterlife," visitors prayed.

On Wednesday, Khaleda's funeral was held outside parliament amid a sea of people. She was later buried with state honours at Zia Udyan, next to the grave of her husband, former president Ziaur Rahman.

In the morning, former home minister Lutfuzzaman Babar and BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Emran Saleh Prince visited her grave and offered prayers.

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