- On December 30, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia, passed away at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.
- She had been admitted to the hospital on November 23 due to serious heart and lung problems.
- Khaleda Zia was Bangladesh's first female prime minister and served two terms.
- She served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
- She was also the second female prime minister in the Muslim world, after Benazir Bhutto.
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