Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ranked at 43 in Forbes' 18th annual list of 100 most powerful women.
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.
While 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.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has ranked at number one in the US magazine Forbes list, while US vice president Kamala Harris stood second.
Sheikh Hasina, the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh, is currently serving her fourth term.
She won the fourth term, which is also her third consecutive term, after her party, Bangladesh Awami League, won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats.
Sheikh Hasina plans to focus on issues such as food security and access to education and healthcare.
An ongoing struggle for Hasina has been establishing a firm democracy in Bangladesh.
