Jaishankar arrives to attend Khaleda Zia's funeral

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday morning to attend the funeral of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

He was received at the airport by Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma, Spokesperson of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, confirmed it to BSS. 

A special flight carrying the Indian external affairs minister landed in Dhaka at 11:30am, he added. 

The funeral ceremony is scheduled to be held at Manik Mia Avenue here at 2pm, with foreign dignitaries, political leaders, and representatives from various countries expected to attend.