Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister and rival of Sheikh Hasina, dies at 80

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister and a dominant figure in the country’s politics for more than three decades, has died after a prolonged illness, her party said. She was 80.A two-time prime minister and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia rose to power after the assassination of her husband, President Ziaur Rahman. Her career was defined by an intense rivalry with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, shaping Bangladesh’s political landscape since the early 1990s.