Prime Minister and the ruling party chief Sheikh Hasina has been placed in the list of 100 influential Asians.
She ranked 22 in the list published by Asian Awards Ltd 2014, Times of India reports.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also head of the ruling Communist Party of China, tops the list.
The Asian Awards honouring Asian excellence is founded by businessman Paul Sagoo.
Indian Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have been named among top 5 in the list.
Others in the top 10 are Sir Li Ka Shing, Hong Kong-based business tycoon (7), UN chief Ban Ki Moon (8), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (9) and South Korea President Park Guen-Hye (10).
Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan is 63rd and cultural icon Rajnikanth is 66th. Indian film actor Aamir Khan is 68th in the list while Sachin Tendulkar is 76th.
Actress Aishwarya Rai is 84th while film star Salman Khan is 98th in the list which also include Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni (99th).
Paul Sagoo, Founder, The Asian Awards, said: “The aim of the list is simple, to showcase the most influential Asian people in the world today.
However, with literally thousands of worthy candidates, the task proved to be an immense challenge for the researchers and the judging panel.”