{"id":4085,"date":"2026-11-09T20:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:03:45","slug":"sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-to-return-to-bangladesh-government-denies-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4085","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport to return to Bangladesh, government denies request"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested on Monday a \u200cnew passport and identity card so she can return from self-imposed exile in India, according to a letter seen by Reuters,<\/em> her first such communication since fleeing in 2024, but the government swiftly rejected her request.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The request marks the clearest step by Hasina to act on her \u200bplan to return to Bangladesh in December, more than two years after a deadly uprising ended her long rule, \u200braising the prospect of fresh political and legal tensions in a country where her party is \u2060now banned.<\/p>\n

She has told Reuters<\/em> she plans to return to surrender before a court, and her aides said on Monday the \u200bdate would be announced once various formalities were completed.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s war-crimes court sentenced her to death in November last year in \u200bher absence for ordering a deadly crackdown on the student-led uprising, though she has denied the charges from exile.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn view of the reported revocation of her existing Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card (NID) by the Interim Government and other authorities, I respectfully request that you take the \u200bnecessary steps to issue a new Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card for our client,\u201d Hasina\u2019s lawyers at London-based Matrix Chambers \u200bwrote to Preeti Rahman, acting high commissioner at Bangladesh\u2019s embassy in Delhi.<\/p>\n

The letter asked for the applications to be processed \u201cexpeditiously\u201d on the basis \u200cof \u2060her Bangladeshi nationality and in accordance with \u201cobligations arising under international human rights instruments\u201d.<\/p>\n

But the Bangladeshi government said the country does not provide a \u201cpassport to a terrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a fugitive criminal. We have an active extradition treaty with India. We want her handed over,\u201d Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs, Humaiun Kobir, told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould we treat her like an ordinary commercial traveller and tell her \u200bto come and visit her \u200bin-laws\u2019 residence?\u201d<\/p>\n

HASINA EXIT COULD IMPROVE \u2060BANGLADESH-INDIA TIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

India\u2019s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In April, the ministry said it was examining Bangladesh\u2019s request to extradite her and that it wanted to \u201cengage \u200bconstructively with the new government and further strengthen bilateral ties\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hasina\u2019s Awami League party was the \u200bcountry\u2019s largest before \u2060it was banned following her fall. Many of her party colleagues have either been jailed or are in self-imposed exile in India or elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Having ruled Bangladesh for 20 years as prime minister across multiple terms, Hasina still enjoys support among sections of the population, \u2060and a \u200breturn could sharpen political divisions as the government in Dhaka seeks to \u200brestore stability after more than two years of upheaval.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it could improve Bangladesh\u2019s strained ties with India, which deteriorated sharply after New Delhi \u200bgave her refuge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested on Monday a \u200cnew passport and identity card so she can return from self-imposed exile in India, according to a letter seen by Reuters, her first such communication since fleeing in 2024, but the government swiftly rejected her request. The request marks the clearest step by Hasina to act on her \u200bplan to return to Bangladesh in December, more than two years after a deadly uprising ended her long rule, \u200braising the prospect of fresh political and legal tensions in a country where…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}