India, Dec. 30 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Dhaka on Wednesday to attend former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia's funeral.

"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. He will accordingly visit Dhaka on 31 December 2025," a ministry release on Tuesday stated.

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first woman prime minister, died at the age of 80 early on Tuesday morning.

Khaleda passed away at around 6 am (local time), shortly after Fajr prayer, a statement by her party, the Bangladesh National Party, said on Facebook. "We pray for the ...