Dhaka, Sep 1 (UNI) Leaders of various political parties and people from all walks of life in Bangladesh paid their deep respects to former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, calling him a 'true friend' of the country, and wished eternal peace to his departed soul.
Mukherjee had a special relation with Narail of Bangladesh, as his wife Suvra Mukherjee hailed from this district.
Subash Chandra Bose, president of Narail District Awami League and president of Suvra Mukherjee Foundation, AL's General Secretary and Sadar Upazila Chairman Nizam Uddin Khan Nilu, Mashrafe's father Golam Mortaza Swapan, District Workers Party's president Nazrul Islam, District Jasad president Hemayet Ullah Hiru, among others, expressed their shock at his death.