, Dec. 31 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman recited from the Holy Quran at his Gulshan residence and prayed for his mother, former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, shortly after her body arrived there on Wednesday morning.

Sitting alone next to his mother's coffin inside the residence, Tarique Rahman appeared deeply grief-stricken as he prayed for his mother.

Several relatives were seen reciting the Holy Quran and praying to the Almighty Allah, while others wept and expressed their sorrow.

Earlier, a freezer-van wrapped in the red-and-green national flag, carrying Khaleda Zia's body, left Evercare Hospital at around 8:55am amid tight security.

The vehicle reached Tarique Rahman's residence at House No-196 on Gulshan Avenue at abo...