Bangladeshβs former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, long seen as a favorite to return to power in next yearβs elections, died Tuesday at age 80, her party said.
The government declared three days of state mourning, with her funeral to be held Wednesday.
Despite years of ill health and imprisonment, Zia vowed in November to campaign in elections set for February β the first vote since a mass uprising toppled her archrival Sheikh Hasina last year.
Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is widely seen as a fr
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