Bangladesh has declared a day of state mourning on Monday following the death of Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

This decision was informed in a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Saturday.

Marking the day, the national flag will be hoisted at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous offices, educational institutions and all government and non-government buildings and at all missions abroad.

Special prayers will be held in all mosques in Bangladesh on Monday seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of the late Emir of Kuwait. 

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Saturday, aged 86.

The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed. The emir was admitted to a hospital late last month due to what the state news agency described at the time as an emergency health problem but said that he was in a stable condition.

Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 83, who has been Kuwait's de facto ruler since 2021, when the frail emir handed over most his duties, was named as Sheikh Nawaf's successor.

Sheikh Nawaf became emir in September 2020 following the death of his brother, Sheikh Sabah, who had ruled for more than a decade and shaped the state's foreign policy for over 50 years.