PM Hasina 43rd Most Powerful Women on Forbes' List

On Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women in 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ranked 43rd.

She was ranked 39th on the same list last year.

Sheikh Hasina is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister in the country's history.

The list published on Tuesday highlighted the world's 100 most powerful women.

The 18th annual list of power women includes 40 CEOs, 19 world leaders, an immunologist, and, for the first time in more than a decade, a new number one.

This year billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott – the third-richest woman in the world – topped the Forbes list.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, came in second this year.

 She swapped places with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde – now No. 3 on the list.

Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women: https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/