Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, said her Bangladesh Nationalist Party. She was 80.
She had been suffering from advanced cirrhosis of the liver, arthritis, diabetes, chest and heart problems, Reuters quoted her doctors as saying.
The former prime minister had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka since November 23. As her condition deteriorated, she was placed on ventilator support on December 11.
Her son and the acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman, returned to the country after 17 years in exile on Thursday.
Rahman, who is a key contender to be the next prime minister of the country after the general elections in February, is likely to take over the post of the party chief.
Zia served as Bangladesh’s prime minister for three terms – from 1991 to 1996, briefly in 1996 and from 2001 to 2006.
She was married to former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman, who rebelled from the Pakistan military and was killed during a coup in 1981.
On Monday, Zia and Tarique Rahman submitted their nomination papers for the upcoming 13th general elections in Bangladesh. While nomination papers were filed on behalf of Zia for the Bogura-7 constituency, Rahman would contest the polls on February 12 from the Dhaka-17 and...
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