India, Dec. 31 -- Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister, will be laid to rest today (December 31) beside her husband, former president Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. The funeral prayer will be held at 2 pm, with various dignitaries, including external affairs minister S Jaishankar, scheduled to attend and pay their final respects.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader died on Tuesday aged 80 after a prolonged illness. Global leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was also Zia's rival, mourned her death and hailed her contributions to the country.

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