Sheikh Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh ‘this year’ despite death sentence

Ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return ⁠to Bangladesh this year, brushing ⁠aside a death sentence handed down ⁠in absentia and denouncing the ruling as “illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated”. Hasina, 78, who fled to India after a student-led uprising ousted her government in August 2024, said in an interview with Indian broadcaster NDTV that she was undeterred by the risk ‌and would overcome “every obstacle and every conspiracy” to return home. “I want t...

By Reuters

'I don't fear death': Sheikh Hasina says she'll return to Bangladesh later this year

By AHSAN TASNIM

‘I will return’: Sheikh Hasina sets a timeline for Bangladesh return two years after ouster

Sheikh Hasina said that she doesn't fear death, pointing out the 1975 assassination of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman.

Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina says will return to Dhaka this year

Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country “this year”, according to an interview published on Sunday, months after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a student-led uprising ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule. She has not been seen in public since, except for a rare speech broadcast to a packed press club in New Delhi in January. In an interview with Indian b...

By none@none.com (AFP)

"I Will Return To My Country This Year": Sheikh Hasina Exclusive

Any attack on the minorities is an attack on the independence of Bangladesh, stressed Sheikh Hasina in an interview with NDTV