Singapore (Reuters)-the bodies of Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman on Thursday were flown to Dhaka after his death in a Singapore hospital, said the national airline Biman.
Rahman, 84 years old, a veteran politician of the ruling Awami League Party and appointed to occupy the largely ceremonial post in 2009, died on Wednesday at a private hospital in Singapore.
A special flight carrying the corpse of the leaders left Singapore shortly before 10 am local time, said Mohammad Arif Ullah, Biman's country manager in Singapore.
Rahman's family members and his aides also were in the Boeing 737-800, which was expected to land at about 11.50 pm local time in Dhaka, he told AFP.
Rahman, who suffers from kidney and respiratory problems, was flown to Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital by air ambulance on March 10 after his health deteriorated.
Bangladesh declared three days of mourning after her death and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called it a "loss that cannot be replaced for the country and the people of that country".
Rahman earlier profession as a lawyer and a member of Parliament who served the longest in the country.
He first joined Parliament in 1973 after identifies the name as an activist who encouraged Bangladesh to break free from the power of Pakistan, AFP reported.
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