BANGLADESH’S former prime minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport today, claiming she needs it to return to the country next month.Bangladeshi authorities said they would look into the request, though they reiterated last week that they are already demanding Ms Hasina be extradited from India into their custody. She has been living in exile since fleeing a mass uprising in 2024 and has been sentenced to death in abstentia over the repression of protests at that time, in which over 1,400 people were killed.

BANGLADESH’S former prime minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport today, claiming she needs it to return to the country next month.

Bangladeshi authorities said they would look into the request, though they reiterated last week that they are already demanding Ms Hasina be extradited from India into their custody. She has been living in exile since fleeing a mass uprising in 2024 and has been sentenced to death in abstentia over the repression of protests at that time, in which over 1,400 people were killed.

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