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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been rated as the sixth most powerful woman in Asia as the US-based media giant CNN prepared an index of world's most influential women coinciding with the World Women's Day.

Hasina was named in the sixth place in the index while China-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings' Zhang Yin topped the list India's PepsiCo chief

executive Indra Nooyi scored the second position followed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi while others in the list were Singapore government- owned investment company Temasek chief executive Ho Ching (4), India's ICICI Bank head Chanda Kochhar (5), South Korean conglomerate Hyundai chairperson Hyun Jeong-eun (7) and Indonesian finance minister Sri Indrawati (8).

"As the world celebrates its 100th International Women's Day, we take a look at the key women who are shaping Asia's political and economic landscape," CNN said in a report