Power vacuum? Hasina’s archrival Khaleda Zia passes away – What it means for Bangladesh polls
The death of Khaleda Zia closes one of the most dominant and polarising chapters in Bangladesh’s political history, and throws the country’s approaching national elections into uncharted territory. For more than three decades, Zia was not merely a leader of the opposition or a former prime minister; she was an electoral force without precedent. From…