<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning on Thursday showing respect to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a tragic helicopter crash on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As a mark of respect, the national flag will be kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions, and missions abroad, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>Special prayers will be offered for the eternal peace of the departed soul.</div><div><br></div><div>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/fas</div>