The meeting in Dhaka between EAM S Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq was no more than a courtesy call in view of the chill in relations between the two neighbouring countries. Even the MEA and the minister himself did not post on social media about the brief meeting.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Dhaka to attend Khaleda Zia’s funeral, conveying India’s condolences and Prime Minister Modi’s message to her family.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the funeral of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, who died in Dhaka after a prolonged illness.
The BCB announced the decision a few hours before the first match between the Sylhet Titans and the Chattogram Royals at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium was scheduled to begin.
Former Bangladesh prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday morning after battling multiple health complications.
The two graft cases involve the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust.
In April this year, the High Court had accepted Khaleda's appeal, challenging a trial court verdict.
Sheikh Hasina was leading a nationwide campaign by rail when her coach came under attack upon arriving in Pabna's Ishwardy on September 23, 1994.
Hasina dropped 36 members from the previous Cabinet and also didn't pick members of allied parties in her new Cabinet.
Opposition has called the elections farce and demanded fresh polling; at least 17 people were killed in poll-related violence in eight districts
