Dhaka, Dec. 31 -- Several foreign dignitaries, including India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, have met Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman in Dhaka to convey condolences following the death of his mother, former prime minister Khaleda Zia.

According to a statement posted on the BNP's official Facebook page, Jaishankar handed over a condolence message from the Indian government during the meeting at the Parliament complex on Wednesday.

Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka at around 11:30am on Wednesday on a special flight of the Indian Air Force. He was received at Bashar Air Base by M Farhad Hossain, a secretary at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A Pakistani delegation has also travelled to ...