The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Sunday signed the condolence book opened at the Pakistan High Commission here on the tragic death of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

He was the first to sign the condolence book, said a foreign ministry press release.

Dr Iftekhar, who had earlier expressed his own condolences, signed the condolence book, on behalf of the government and people of Bangladesh, the release added.

Pakistan High Comm-issioner Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar received the foreign adviser on arrival at the high commission.

Later, the foreign adviser remarked, "The government and the people of Bangladesh are united in solidarity at the time of grief with the government and people of Pakistan, and with the bereaved Bhutto family."