The death of BNP Chairperson and three-time former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, regarded as an uncompromising leader for democracy in Bangladesh, got wide coverage in the international media. Reuters reports: Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister, dies at 80Khaleda Zia, who became Bangladesh's first female prime minister in 1991, died on Tuesday after a long illness. The Qatar-based media ran another report with headline "Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first woman PM: A life of power and resistance". British daily The Guardian in its online version reports: Khaleda Zia, first female Bangladesh prime minister, dies aged 80Indian news agency PTI reports: Khaleda Zia: A formidable figure who dominated Bangladesh politics for decades. Khaleda Zia, the first woman prime minister of Bangladesh and the second in the Muslim world, dominated the country's politics for decades.
