Hasina '30th most powerful woman'

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has moved up to 30th position on the list of 100 most powerful women on earth this year.

She was 36th most powerful woman in the last year's list, prepared by Forbes magazine, reports BSS.
Sheikh Hasina has been dubbed the "Lady of Dhaka" in her profile published with the list on Wednesday.
Forbes said Hasina has promised aid to the Rohingya people in stark contrast to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and allocated 2,000 acres of land to provide them shelter.
Citing Bangladesh's own state sanctioned genocide during 1971's liberation war, Sheikh Hasina is "proud to bear the bulk of the cost" of the relocation of these Rohingyas to her country, the magazine said. "This includes issuing identification cards and providing childhood immunisations."
For a seventh consecutive time and 12 times in total, German chancellor Angela Merkel has topped the Forbes' list, with British prime minister Theresa May on the slot for the second most powerful woman.
May is followed by Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft owner Bill Gates and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
Others in the top 10 of the list are YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (sixth), president-CEO of Fidelity Investments, USA, Abigail Johnson (seventh), International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde (eighth), chair of Santander Group Banco Santander, Spain, Ana Patricia Botin (ninth) and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty (tenth).
The survey features 100 women from 29 countries who represent sectors such as politics, business, technology and philanthropy.
In the survey Forbes used four metrics: money (either net worth, company revenues, assets, or GDP); media presence; spheres of influence; and impact, analysed both within the context of each woman's field (media, technology, business, philanthropy/NGOs, politics, and finance) and outside of it.