Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced seven days of mourning following the death of its chairperson and the country's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital by the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

He said black flags would be flown for seven days at the BNP's central office in Naya Paltan and at party offices across the country. Party leaders and supporters will also wear black badges during the mourning period.

Special prayers and Quran recitations will be held at party offices nationwide. Condolence books will also be opened at the BNP's Naya Paltan headquarters, the chairperson's office in Gulshan, and distri...