FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH KHALEDA ZIA PASSED AWAY.

* FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER OF KHALEDA ZIA PASSED AWAY ON 30TH DECEMBER 2025 

* BORN IN - 15th AUGUST 1945 

* SHE SERVED PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH FROM 1991 -1996 

* SHE SERVES HER 2ND TENURE FROM 2001 TO 2006.

* SHE WAS THE WIFE FORMER PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH - ZIAUR RAHMAN 

* SHE BECAME 3RD CHAIRPERSON OF THE BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY FROM 1984 TO 2025 

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 2011 - FIGHTER FOR DEMOCRACY  ( New Jersey State Senate) 

* 2008- MOTHER OF DEMOCRACY AWARD ( By CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION CHRIO) 

BIOGRAPHY - 

* BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA: Her Life Her Story ( Book Author - Mahfuz Ullah) in 2018