Bangladesh rejects Sheikh Hasina passport request as return bid intensifies
Bangladesh has rejected Sheikh Hasina's request for a new passport, sharpening the legal and political standoff over the ousted leader's reported plan to return from India. The former prime minister has sought travel documents and a national identity card, according to the supplied reporting, but Dhaka says she must instead face the extradition process. The dispute comes as Hasina remains in exile more than two years after fleeing Bangladesh following the 2024 uprising.A senior foreign ministry official said Bangladesh would not issue passports to what he described as terrorists who killed thousands of people and fled, and said the government... [Continue Reading]
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