Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness. Zia became Bangladesh’s first female head of government in 1991 after leading her party to victory in the country’s first democratic election in 20 years. Physicians had said on Monday said her condition was “extremely [...] The post Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80 appeared first on Kahawatungu .