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Bangladesh Government Outraged by Sheikh Hasina's Virtual Press Conference
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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The Bangladesh government expressed outrage on August 5, 2026, after deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held her first virtual press conference from New Delhi.
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Dhaka stated that its repeated requests to extradite Ms. Hasina under the 2013 India-Bangladesh Extradition Treaty have not received a response from the Indian government.
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Ms. Hasina, who was sentenced to death in absentia last November for 2024 protest-related crimes, declared her intention to return to Bangladesh this December.