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Can India extradite Sheikh Hasina under the 2013 treaty with Bangladesh? | Explained

August 18, 2026 admin

The story so far: Bangladesh on Sunday (August 16, 2026) urged India to create a “propitious environment” for enabling Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to India by extraditing deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Ms. Hasina, who has been based in India since fleeing Dhaka on August 5, 2024, addressed a press conference at the Foreign…

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Reiterated demand for Hasina extradition with India: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Rahman

April 11, 2026 admin

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar with Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, left, in New Delhi, on April 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh “reiterated” its demand for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extradition during talks in Delhi, said Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman in Port Louis, Mauritius, on Friday (April 10, 2026), also outlooking a…

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Bangladesh to continue diplomatic efforts to bring back Sheikh Hasina from India: Foreign Adviser

December 10, 2025 admin

Sheikh Hasina has said the judgment has been made by a “rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate”. File | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) said it will continue diplomatic efforts to bring back from India deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who…

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Sheikh Hasina Vows To Return To Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus Responds

February 19, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in exile in India, called the South Asian nation’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus a “mobster” and accused him of unleashing “terrorists” and fostering “lawlessness” in the country. In response, Dhaka reaffirmed its commitment to bringing her back from India and stressed securing Ms Hasina’s…

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Bangladesh vows to pursue Sheikh Hasina’s return from India, may seek global support

January 21, 2025 admin

Deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina | Photo Credit: PTI Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) said it will continue its efforts to bring deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and will seek international intervention if necessary. Law Adviser Asif Nazrul told reporters at the Secretariat in Dhaka that if New…

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Received Bangladesh’s Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina, Confirms India

January 3, 2025 admin

New Delhi: India has received the request for extradition of ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Dhaka, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Friday. “We had confirmed that we have received request from Bangladeshi side on Hasina’s extradition. Beyond that I have nothing further to add,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in…

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Hasina’s son claims Yunus govt weaponising judiciary for carrying out ‘political witch hunt’

December 25, 2024 admin

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina, is an IT entrepreneur based in the U.S. and has been an ICT adviser in Ms. Hasina’s government. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sajeeb Wazed, son of deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has accused the Muhammad Yunus led interim government of “weaponising the judiciary”…

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Sheikh Hasina extradition: Bangladesh sends note verbale asking India to send back deposed PM

December 23, 2024 admin

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s interim government said on Monday (December 23, 2024) that it has sent a diplomatic note to India to send back deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka. Ms. Hasina, 77, has been living in exile in India since August 5 when she fled the…

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Bangladesh court bans broadcasts of ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina’s ‘hate speech’

December 6, 2024 admin

Sheikh Hasina. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP A Bangladeshi tribunal banned broadcasts of “hate speech” by autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (December 5, 2024) , weeks after indicting her over the killing of protesters during the August revolution that ousted her. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is investigating Ms. Hasina for “mass murder”,…

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“Will Ask India To Send Back Sheikh Hasina”: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus

November 17, 2024 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday that the interim government will seek the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the fall of her government following a mass protest movement in August. In an address to the nation on the completion of 100 days of the interim…

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