New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Both Houses of the Parliament on Wednesday passed an obituary reference mourning the demise of Begum Khaleda Zia, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, shortly after resuming their sessions following President Droupadi Murmu's address.
Khaleda Zia, a towering figure in Bangladesh's political landscape and the country's first female Prime Minister, passed away on December 30 at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. She led Bangladesh twice as Prime Minister, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006, leaving a lasting impact on her nation's governance and development.
Born on August 15, 1946, in Dinajpur, then part of India's East Bengal (now northern Bangladesh), Khaleda's entr...