Bangladesh on Friday declared three days of national mourning in memory of British Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, report agencies.
From September 9 to September 11, the national flag will be kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous organisations, educational institutions, non-government buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet division.
Special prayers for the departed soul will also be arranged, as per the notification.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch died on Thursday afternoon at the age of 96.
The Buckingham Palace announced that she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, in the presence of members of the Royal Family.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the demise of Queen Elizabeth II.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also on Friday expressed "deep shock" at the demise of the legendary British Queen Elizabeth II.
In a condolence message to her successor King Charles III, the President said, "It is with the deepest of sorrow and heaviest of heart that I extend my sincerest condolences and sympathies at the sad demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second, the longest-reigning Monarch in the world."
In the message dated September 8, 2022, he wrote to the King Charles III: "My thoughts and prayers are with Your Majesty and the members of your bereaved family at this hour of profound grief and loss."
In her condolence massage Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrote a letter on Thursday to convey condolence to her UK counterpart Elizabeth Truss MP, said a PMO press release on Friday.
The Bangladesh premier wrote, 'I, on behalf of the Government and the people of Bangladesh, and on my behalf, convey to you the most profound shock and grief, and through you, our heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the people of the United Kingdom at the sudden passing away of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth The Second."
Meanwhile, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said "We're deeply saddened at her death. We think she was a legendary queen and a Royal Administrator of Britain".
"With the Queen's demise, a long-standing tradition and her reign of 70 years is over," Fakhrul told reporters after placing a wreath at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's grave.
