Khaleda Zia Death news: This time’s big news is coming from Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister and BNP President Khaleda Zia has said goodbye to this world. He died after a long illness. He breathed his last at the age of 80. Khaleda was ill for a long time.
Zia was also the head of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh twice, from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006. She was the wife of former President Zia-ur-Rehman. After his assassination, Jiya became active in politics.
BNP shared information about Khaleda Zia’s demise through a post on X. It read, “BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia passed away today at 6 am just after Fajr prayers. We pray for the repose of her soul and ask everyone to pray for her departed soul.”
Khaleda Zia was struggling with many health problems
Khaleda Zia was suffering from health problems like liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, chest and heart. He was admitted to the hospital on November 23 and was undergoing treatment since then. His condition was very critical.
Now the reins of the party are in the hands of Tariq Rehman
After the death of Khaleda Zia, the reins of the party will now be in the hands of her elder son and BNP working president Tariq Rahman, who has recently returned to Bangladesh. Tariq fled to London in 2008 to avoid arrest. At that time many corruption cases were going on against him in Hasina government.