Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh yesterday declared three days of national mourning in memory of British Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne.

From September 9 to September 11, the national flag will be kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous organisations, educational institutions, non-government buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet division.

Special prayers for the departed soul will also be arranged, as per the notification.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died on Thursday afternoon at the age of 96.

The Buckingham Palace announced that she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, in the presence of members of the Royal Family.