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Dawn · Pakistan · Exiled ex-PM Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh 'this year' despite death sentence
Reports the NDTV interview and notes that the Bangladesh interim government has formally requested India extradite Hasina, a request India has so far declined to fulfil. Adds that a Dhaka special tribunal sentenced Hasina to death by hanging in November 2025 for inciting and failing to prevent killings during the August 2024 uprising.
“Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina says she will return to Dhaka this year.”