Bangladesh has declared a three-day national mourning period starting tomorrow to pay homage to South African leader Nelson Mandela.
"The government has declared a three-day national mourning showing respect to Mandela," Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan was quoted as saying by the Daily Star newspaper.
The country's national flag would be flown at half-mast during the period.
South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Mandela died today at the age of 95.
