India, Jan. 8 -- A street in Hamtramck, in the US state of Michigan, has been approved for a name change in honour of the late Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The Hamtramck City Council has approved a proposal to rename "Carpenter Street" as "Khaleda Zia Street". The party confirmed the decision via its official Facebook page.

"A street named after the three-time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson of Bangladesh, late country leader Begum Khaleda Zia, in Michigan, United States. Whose name is - "Khaleda Zia Street," the post in Bangla read.

According to a report by BD News 24, the designated area spans the section of Carpenter Street located between Joseph Campau and Conant Street.

The initiative was report...