Dhaka, Bangladesh Global: Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, widely regarded as an uncompromising leader for democracy in Bangladesh, passed away today morning while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the city. She was 80 at her time of death.
"Our beloved Deshnetri Begum Khaleda Zia passed away around 6am, just after Fajr prayers," BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir informed at a press briefing in front of the hospital this morning.
Khaleda Zia had been receiving treatment at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential area since 23rd November of this year, following the advice of her medical board after being diagnosed with infections in her heart and lungs. She had also been suffering from pneumonia.
As the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, she has left behind a strong political legacy that started through the journey of democracy in 1991. She assumed the office through winning the 1991 national elections and introduced the parliamentary form of government and caretaker government system to hold free, fair and credible elections.
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