The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is verifying a request from the deposed Prime Minister to facilitate her planned return in December.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangladesh is verifying a request from deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a new passport and national identity card, according to The Hindu. The request was sent via email by Matrix Chambers, a law firm in London, to the High Commission of Bangladesh.
Abu Obaidha Arin, an aide to Hasina, told The Associated Press that the request is a step toward her homecoming and that she is determined to return to Bangladesh by December. Hasina has been living in New Delhi since she fled to India in August 2024 following a student-led uprising.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has described the request as a political stunt intended to create instability. BNP Joint Secretary General Khsirul Kabir Khokon told ANI that Hasina has no future in Bangladeshi politics and accused her of mass killings.
Bangladesh's Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir told reporters in Dhaka that the government wants Hasina handed over under an extradition treaty with India. Kobir described her as a fugitive and a terrorist.
In 2025, a special International Crimes Tribunal delivered a death sentence to Hasina for crimes against humanity. Hasina has rejected the verdict and denied any wrongdoing regarding the police crackdown that occurred during the uprising.
The interim government was followed by an election in February, which the Awami League party was barred from contesting. Tarique Rahman currently leads the country.
