Forbes lists Hasina as world’s 59th powerful woman

Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been ranked 59th among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by reputed Forbes magazine that released the list on Tuesday.In 2014, the same US based business magazine, which been publishing the list for the last 12 years, ranked Hasina at 47th.The magazine observed that Hasina was sworn into office for her second stint after a violent election with suspiciously low voting in January 2014.
Her victory has been called ‘an electoral farce,’ and in 2013 alone more than 500 people were killed as a result of political violence, it noted.
In the list of 100 women Forbes magazine produces annually, Angela Merkel topped the list for the fifth time in a row. The German chancellor has featured in the list 10 times during its 11 years.
The 100 women are chosen by the magazine’s editors, and women from across the political, economic and media industries feature in the list.

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