POST TIME: 13 June, 2016 00:00 00 AM
Bangladesh Embassy in US honours Muhammad Ali
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington has attended the memorial service of global boxing icon Muhammad Ali at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky. On behalf of the Bangladesh Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission Mahbub Hasan Saleh, the Deputy Chief of Mission, placed a floral wreath at the designated place in Muhammad Ali Center in the city late in the afternoon on Thursday, said a Foreign Ministry press release on Saturday night.
The boxing legend was buried in a private ceremony on Friday after a funeral procession that paraded the city.