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Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia's funeral prayers were held on Wednesday amid tight security.
The funeral prayer (namaz-e-janaza) was held at the Manik Mia Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib Mufti Mohammad Abdul Malek conducted the funeral prayers while Bangladesh Nationalist Party's Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan read out a brief biography of Zia.
Zia, who dominated Bangladesh's politics for decades, died on Tuesday in Dhaka.  Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, and Khaleda Zia's son and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman joined the funeral prayers along with foreign dignitaries, advisers of the interim government, leaders of different political parties and senior government and military officials.
"Please pray to Allah seeking her place in heaven," Zia's elder son, Rahman, told the crowd ahead of the prayers.
Millions of people joined namaz-e-janaza of Zia, three-time Prime

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