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Bangladesh Mourns Trailblazing Female Leader

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister and long-time BNP leader, has died at 80 after a prolonged illness, her party said. Zia, who shaped decades of national politics and broke gender barriers in leadership, passed away in a Dhaka hospital, ending a notable political era.