Khaleda Zia, former prime minister of Bangladesh, has died at the age of 80.
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Khaleda Zia, former prime minister of Bangladesh and longtime leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), widely expected to win the parliamentary elections scheduled for February, has died at the age of 80.
His political party announced it in a statement.
"BNP chairwoman and former prime minister, national leader Khaleda Zia, passed away this morning shortly after Fajr prayers," the party said in a statement.
Zia, considered a key figure in Bangladesh's political history, was the country's first woman prime minister.
His son Tarique Rahman, the BNP's interim president, returned to Bangladesh on December 25 after 17 years of self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom and is widely considered the likely candidate for prime minister in the next election.
(Unioneonline)
Khaleda Zia, the former Bangladeshi prime minister widely expected to win the parliamentary elections scheduled for February, has died at the age of 80. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BJD), which she led since 1984, announced the news. "BJD president and former prime minister, national leader Khaleda Zia, passed away this morning shortly after Fajr prayers," the party said in a statement. Her son, Tarique Rahman, the BJD's interim president, returned to Bangladesh on December 25 after 17 years of self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom and is widely considered a likely candidate for prime minister. (ANSA-AFP)