PM pays tribute to late Queen at her lying-in-state in Westminster

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday showed her last respect to the Queen Elizabeth II.

She paid respect to the late Queen at her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall and signed a book of condolence at Lancaster House.

Earlier on September 15, Sheikh Hasina arrived here in London on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, BSS reports.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem while briefing the reporters said that in the morning the Prime Minister accompanying   her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Palace of Westminster to pay their last respect to the Queen.

Sheikh Hasina there observed one-minute silence as the mark of respect to the late Queen at the Westminster Hall of the Palace of Westminster where the body of Elizabeth II was kept lying-in-state.

On her arrival at the Westminster, representative of the British Speaker received the Bangladesh premier and her younger sister.

Later, they were taken to the Lancaster House where the condolence book was opened.

Sheikh Hasina there wrote her condolence message in Bengali. The Prime Minister wrote, “I am expressing deep condolence on behalf of the people of Bangladesh, my family and my younger sister Sheikh Rehana.”