STAR REPORT

The passing of former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has drawn extensive global media coverage, with major international news agencies describing her death not merely as the loss of a Bangladeshi political leader, but as the end of a defining era in South Asian politics.

Reuters and the Associated Press (AP) were among the first to break the news globally, describing her as a “towering figure” whose decades-long rivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the nation’s political landscape.

AP wrote that the former prime minister’s “archrivalry with another former premier defined the country’s politics for a generation”. Similarly, Reuters noted that Khaleda, who became Bangladesh’s first female prime minister in 1991, went on to develop a rivalry with Hasina as they “spent decades trading power”.

British media focused heavily CNN

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