Foreign Minister Balanand Sharma departed for Dhaka late last night to attend the state funeral of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
Senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are accompanying Minister Sharma. He is scheduled to return to Nepal tomorrow, on Poush 17.
The ministry stated that the contributions made by leader Zia toward strengthening Nepal–Bangladesh relations during her tenure as prime minister remain memorable.
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