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Bangladesh: Forbes lists Sheikh Hasina as 6th most powerful woman in Asia
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DHAKA, 09 December 2021, (TON): Forbes has listed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the sixth most powerful woman in Asia.
She ranked 43 overall on Forbes' 18th annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
In Asia, Sheikh Hasina was ranked below first female leader of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (9th overall), Macquarie group CEO and MD Shemara Wikramanayake (24), Pertamina CEO Nicke Widyawati (27), Temasek Trust Director Ho Ching (33), and Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (37).
She is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh.
The Forbes' 18th annual list of powerful women includes 40 CEOs, 19 world leaders, an immunologist and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new number one.
The people on the 18th annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women come from 30 countries and territories and work across finance, technology, politics, philanthropy, entertainment and more, they are united by a sense of duty.
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