Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia passed away while her eldest son and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was by her bedside at Evercare Hospital on Tuesday morning

At the time of her death, other close family members were also present there, party sources said.

They included Tarique Rahman's wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, their daughter Zaima Rahman, and Shameela Rahman Sithi, wife of her late younger son Arafat Rahman Koko.

Among other relatives, Khaleda Zia's younger brother Shamim Eskander and his wife, as well as her elder sister Selina Islam, were at the hospital during her final moments. Some other family members were also present there.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was at th...