Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh government has declared a one-day state mourning for Monday due to the death of the Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard Sunday night.

The national flag will be hoisted half-mast atop all government, semi-government and autonomous bodies and all government and private buildings including educational institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad.

Special prayers will be held in all mosques of Bangladesh on Monday.

Special prayers will be offered at other religious institutions praying for the eternal peace of the emir’s departed soul.

The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, died on Saturday at the age of 86.