Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock at the damage to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on Monday.

“We are terribly shocked and deeply saddened at the colossal damage to the Cathedral Notre Dame due to a catastrophic fire,” she said in a message to President of France Emmanuel Macron.

The damage to this iconic cathedral is heart-wrenching not only to people of France but for the entire humanity.

“With a deep sense of loss and grief, I, on behalf of the people and government of Bangladesh and on my own behalf, convey our profound sadness to you and to the people of France,” reads the message.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of France,” according to the message issued by the Foreign Ministry yesterday.