Bangladesh bid farewell Wednesday to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia with a state funeral attended by vast crowds mourning a towering figure whose decadeslong political career helped shape the nationβs modern history.
Zia, the first woman to serve as prime minister in the South Asian nation of 170 million people, died on Tuesday aged 80.
Flags were flown at half-mast and thousands of security officers lined roads as her body was carried through the streets of the capital, Dhaka, by a vehicle in the colors of the national flag.
A sea of mourners gathered outside parliamen
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