Former three-time Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia passed away at Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital on Tuesday morning after 38 days of treatment. The 80-year-old leader had been admitted on November 23 with respiratory distress and multiple chronic health complications, including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, liver cirrhosis, and kidney issues. Despite continuous medical care, her condition deteriorated, and she died at 6 a.m. Family and party sources said arrangements were made to transfer her abroad for advanced treatment, but the medical board advised against it due to the risks of long-distance travel. The government declared her a special important person to ensure maximum medical and security support. A team of local and international specialists, including doctors from the United States and the United Kingdom, oversaw her treatment. BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman returned to Bangladesh on December 25 and regularly visited his mother at the hospital. On the night before her death, family members and senior BNP leaders gathered at her bedside before leaving around 2 a.m., hours before the nation learned of her passing.