Bangladesh mourns president's death
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March 22, 2013, Friday
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HUNDREDS of thousands of people flocked to Bangladesh's presidential palace yesterday to pay their last respects to President Zillur Rahman who died in a Singapore hospital.
Carrying flowers and wreaths, people from all walks of life, including women and children, filed past his open coffin on display at Dhaka's Bangabhaban palace, saluting a leader who had one of the nation's most illustrious political careers.
Rahman died at the age of 84 on Wednesday after playing lead roles in the country's democratic struggles, including its liberation war. "He was a very good man and a perfect gentleman," said Mostofa Kawser, 35, who placed a flower on the late president's coffin.
Bangladesh declared three days of national mourning and yesterday was made a public holiday for Rahman. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and acting President Abdul Hamid, also the national parliament speaker, led tributes after they received Rahman's coffin, draped in the national flag, at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.
Hasina called his death "an irreparable loss to the country and its people."
The main opposition scrapped a planned strike in parts of the country in his honor.
A UN spokesman said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was saddened by Rahman's death, who "made important contributions to the country's democratic transition throughout his political life."
Carrying flowers and wreaths, people from all walks of life, including women and children, filed past his open coffin on display at Dhaka's Bangabhaban palace, saluting a leader who had one of the nation's most illustrious political careers.
Rahman died at the age of 84 on Wednesday after playing lead roles in the country's democratic struggles, including its liberation war. "He was a very good man and a perfect gentleman," said Mostofa Kawser, 35, who placed a flower on the late president's coffin.
Bangladesh declared three days of national mourning and yesterday was made a public holiday for Rahman. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and acting President Abdul Hamid, also the national parliament speaker, led tributes after they received Rahman's coffin, draped in the national flag, at the capital's Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.
Hasina called his death "an irreparable loss to the country and its people."
The main opposition scrapped a planned strike in parts of the country in his honor.
A UN spokesman said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was saddened by Rahman's death, who "made important contributions to the country's democratic transition throughout his political life."
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