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RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Sheikh Hasina says she will return to Bangladesh this year, criticises ... Listen to this article in summarized format Listen Loading... × × Subscribe to Unlock AI Briefing and Premium Content New Year Offer 24 Hours Left Subscribe Now Already a member? Sign In What's Included Exclusive Stories Daily ePaper Access Smart Market Tools Curated Investment Ideas Ad-lite Experience Subscription AP Bangladesh's ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she plans to return to Bangladesh this year despite facing a death sentence, while accusing the country's current leadership of weakening democracy and failing to protect minority communities, according to an interview to NDTV. Speaking to the broadcaster, Hasina, who is in exile, said her return was linked to restoring democratic rights rather than personal political ambition. "My return is not a question of personal ambition. It is tied to a far larger question: the political rights of the people of Bangladesh, the restoration of democracy, the rule of law," she said, adding, "I will return to my country this year." Also Read: India to resume train coach exports to Bangladesh, first shipment …

Bangladesh court bans publication of speeches by ousted Prime Minister ... A section of Hindu monks or Sadhus attend a protest rally condemning the recent arrest of prominent Hindu leader Krishna Das Prabhu (picture in back) and the alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Suvendu Adhikari, fourth from left, an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party joins Hindu religious leaders at a protest rally condemning the recent arrest of prominent Hindu leader Krishna Das Prabhu and the alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) A poster of arrested prominent Hindu leader Krishna Das Prabhu displayed on a lamp post amidst rows of Hindu religious flags during a protest rally condemning the recent arrest of Das and the alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) A member of tribal community attends a protest rally condemning the recent arrest of prominent Hindu leader Krishna Das Prabhu and the alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Banner in Bangla read…

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Sheikh Hasina's life in exile: Why ousted Bangladesh PM has no plans to ... After a dramatic escape on a helicopter from her Dhaka palace amid a student-led protest last year, former Bangladesh prime ministerSheikh Hasinahas been living a reclusive life in Delhi since August 2024. Since her ouster, an interim government led by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been governing the country and has pledged to hold national elections in February 2027, while she leads an nondescript life in India's capital New Delhi. The protest and the subsequent invasion of the protesters on her Dhaka palace was a rather brutal reminder of the 1975 military coup that claimed the lives of her father and three brothers while she was abroad with her sister. Hasina's life in exile is peaceful, though she yearns to go back. “I would of course love to go home, so long as the government there was legitimate, the constitution was being upheld, and law and order genuinely prevailed,” she said in an interview. A few months ago, a Reuters reporter saw Hasina taking a quiet stroll through Delhi’s historic Lodhi Garden, accompanied by two individuals who appeared to be her personal security detail. She a…

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Bangladesh Orders Fugitive Ex-PM Hasina to Face Trial Dhaka (TDI):Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Monday ordered former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to return and stand trial on charges that include crimes against humanity, stemming from last year’s deadly political unrest. The 77-year-old former leader has been in hiding since August 2024, when she reportedly fled Dhaka by helicopter and crossed into India following a massive student-led uprising that ultimately toppled her government. Hasina has so far ignored an extradition request from Dhaka. According to the United Nations, an estimated 1,400 people were killed in just two months between July and August 2024, as security forces cracked down on protestors in an attempt to suppress dissent and maintain Hasina’s grip on power. Now, the embattled former premier faces five serious charges under Bangladesh’s war crimes legislation. These include incitement, conspiracy, complicity, facilitation, and failure to prevent mass killings, all of which, according to prosecutors, constitute crimes against humanity under national law. Read More:Hasina’s Awami League Disqualified from Elections “The court has instructed the…

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

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 to...

Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina vows to return home this year 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.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year,” Hasina said when asked whether she would come back despite the death sentence. It was the first time she had given a time for her return.Last November, a Dhaka court sentenced Hasina to death after convicting her of inciting, ordering killings and failing to prevent atrocities during the 2024 unrest.Rejecting the verdict,

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina says will return to Dhaka this year <p>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 <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1955627">sentenced to death</a> in absentia for crimes against humanity.</p> <p>Hasina, 78, <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1850245">fled</a> to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1850245/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-has-resigned-interim-govt-to-run-country-army-chief">student-led uprising</a> ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule.</p> <p>She has not been seen in public since, except for a rare speech broadcast to a packed press club in New Delhi in January.</p> <p>In an interview with Indian broadcaster <em>NDTV</em>, Hasina said she was not afraid of death and that the verdict against her was “part of an illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated process”.</p> <p>“Many conspiracies have been hatched against me. But breaking through every web of conspiracy … I was elected prime minister five times by the people’s vote and worked for the country’s unprec…

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Bangladesh's ex-PM Sheikh Hasina vows to return despite death sentence NEW DELHI, June 28 — 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 broadcasterNDTV,Hasina said she was not afraid of death and that the verdict against her was “part of an illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated process”. “Many conspiracies have been hatched against me. But breaking through every web of conspiracy... I was elected prime minister five times by the people’s vote and worked for the country’s unprecedented development,” Hasina said. “I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year,” she added in response to a question on whether she would return despite the death penalty verdict. …

Bangladesh's fugitive ex-PM says will return to Dhaka 'this year' Sheikh Hasina said the verdict against her was “part of an illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated process”

Bangladesh Orders Fugitive Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to Return and Face Trial ... Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued a formal summons for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , now a fugitive, to return and face trial on charges of crimes against humanity stemming from a deadly crackdown on protesters last year. Hasina, 77, fled Dhaka by helicopter to India in August 2024 amid a massive, student-led uprising. According to United Nations reports , as many as 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024, during what observers described as a violent attempt by her government to hold onto power. The tribunal is prosecuting Hasina and former senior officials of her now-banned Awami League party , with five charges filed that include abetment, incitement, conspiracy, complicity, facilitation , and failure to prevent mass murder — all under Bangladesh’s legal definition of crimes against humanity . “The court directed the prosecution to issue a notice as soon as possible summoning them to appear,” said Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam . The tribunal has set June 24 as the date for proceedings to resume — with or without Hasina’s presence. Hasina stands tri…

Will Return to Bangladesh This Year, Says Fugitive Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina New Delhi: 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 broadcaster NDTV, Hasina said she was not afraid of death and that the verdict against her was "part of an illegal, unconstitutional and politically motivated process". "Many conspiracies have been hatched against me. But breaking through every web of conspiracy... I was elected prime minister five times by the people's vote and worked for the country's unprecedented development," Hasina said. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," she added in response to a question on whether she would return despite the death penalty verdict. Last No…

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh plans to execute its former leader. There's ... India Asia See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s defined her political ascent. But Sheikh Hasina’s rise to the top of Bangladesh’s politics preceded a stunning fall from power to self-exile in India. A death sentence delivered in absentia could now see her executed – if New Delhi decides to send her back. The ousted leader was found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests that toppled her regime in 2024. She fled to India last August after 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, seeking refuge in the capital of one of her closest allies. Now she’s become a pawn in a tense standoff between the two countries as Dhaka demands her extradition to face justice for crimes that she insists she did not commit. “She had to flee the country to flee the rage of the people,” said Bangladeshi political scientist Mubashar Hasan. “Hiding in India and handed down a death penalty. It’s quite an extraordinary story.” A violent past …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …

RT.com29 Jun 2026, 20:01 GMT+10 Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to end her two-year exile in India Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return this year to her homeland from India, where she is in self-imposed exile, two years after her ouster in a popular uprising. Hasina's statement comes a week after her Awami League party marked its 77th Founding Day on June 23. However, scores of Awami League activists were arrested for defying a ban on the organization. "I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," Hasina told India's NDTV in an interview. Hasina said the Awami League is not a "paper organization" but a "political force rooted in the soil of Bengal." The defiant former prime minister said her party "has shed blood many times and has been banned many times," adding it made a comeback every time "through the strength of the people." In November 2025, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down a death sentence to Hasina in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICT is a domestic war crimes tribunal set up in 2009 - by …