Khaleda Zia, who served as Bangladesh's first female prime minister and spent decades battling Sheikh Hasina for political dominance, died on Tuesday at the age of 80.
Zia passed away at 6 am local time at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where she had been receiving treatment for 36 days after being admitted on 23 November with infections affecting her heart and lungs, according to Al Jazeera.
