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Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies at 80
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Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies at 80

A towering figure in Bangladesh politics for over three decades, Zia served three terms as prime minister and alternated in power with longtime rival Sheikh Hasina, a rivalry that defined the country’s political landscape. Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), died on Tuesday after a long...