Bangladesh: Former PM & BNP chairman Khaleda Zia passes away at 80

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and erstwhile Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia died connected aboriginal Tuesday astatine the property of 80. A ascendant fig successful the country's authorities for decades, Zia remained the cardinal rival of Sheikh Hasina, the long-serving person present surviving successful exile successful New Delhi aft being forced to fly amid nationwide unrest successful 2024, the Daily Star reported.She was the archetypal pistillate successful Bangladesh to clasp the bureau of premier minister.Zia had been successful a captious information for days and was undergoing attraction successful the intensive attraction portion of Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital.Her decease comes conscionable days aft her son, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh from London, ending 17 years of self-imposed exile arsenic the state heads toward important elections.