Bangladesh government has decided to observe “State Mourning” on Monday to honour Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said who passed away on January 10.
A gazette notification in this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on Sunday.
The gazette notification signed by Cabinet Division Deputy Secretary Saidur Rahman, said according to the order of the president, Bangladesh will observe a day of mourning on Monday for the demise of the Omani sultan.
The National flag will be hoisted at half-mast at all government institutions including Bangladesh Embassies outside the country.
Special prayers will also take place at mosques all over the country for the salvation of the departed soul.
Assistant Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Sarwer Sarker Jeebon confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Sunday.
Qaboos transformed Oman during his 49-year reign from a poverty-stricken country torn by dissent into a prosperous state, and an internationally trusted mediator for some of the region's thorniest issues.
He became sultan in July 1970 after deposing his father in a palace coup with the aim of ending the country's isolation and use its oil revenue for modernisation and development.
Qaboos, 79, never publicly named a successor but secretly recorded his choice in a sealed letter should the royal family disagree on the succession line. "I have already written down two names, in descending order, and put them in sealed envelopes in two different regions," he said in a 1997 interview.
