POLITICS● ELEVATEDJun 29 · Jun 29, 2026, 3:36 AM
Sheikh Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh ‘this year’ despite death sentence
South China Morning Post
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 to...
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