Bangladesh announces state mourning on Monday for Sultan Qaboos of Oman

Bangladesh has announced a day of state mourning on Monday for Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, the longest serving ruler of the Arab world who died at 79 on Saturday.

The national flag will be flown at half-mast at all government, semi-government, autonomous, private organisation buildings, educational institutions, and missions abroad while mourning its “true friend” Sultan Qaboos, the government said in a statement on Sunday.  

Special prayers will also be offered at all religious establishments across Bangladesh for the peace of the departed soul, the Cabinet Division said in the statement.

Sultan Qaboos, quiet peacemaker who built Oman, dies at 79