Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Hasina's Planned Bangladesh Return Shadowed by Death Sentence Threat
Sheikh Hasina used to be the leader of a country called Bangladesh.
She left Bangladesh two years ago and has been living in India.
Now she says she wants to go back home by the end of the year.
But going back home is very dangerous for her.
The people who lead Bangladesh now are very angry with her.
They might put her in jail, and some say she could even face an execution.
The new leaders called her a bad name when she talked to reporters from India.
Hasina's father was also a famous leader who was killed long ago.
Many people disagree about whether she was a good leader or not.
Her friends in India hope she stays safe wherever she goes.
Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina plans to return home by the end of the year.
She faces possible jail and execution if the death sentence against her is carried out.
Hasina has lived in India for two years since fleeing Bangladesh and has a protected residence in New Delhi.
The Bangladesh government led by Tarique Rahman called her an "absconding convicted genocider" after her virtual press meet.
Her father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was assassinated along with family members, and she later held elections that excluded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
- Who
- Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh government led by Tarique Rahman.
- What
- Hasina wants to return to Bangladesh despite facing possible jail and execution under a death sentence.
- When
- By the end of the year; she has been away from Bangladesh for two years.
- Where
- Bangladesh; Hasina currently lives in a protected residence in New Delhi, India.
- Why
- She wants to return because of personal compulsions only she knows, even though Dhaka regards her as an absconding convicted offender.
Supportive of Hasina
Bangladesh government view
Hasina's record as a leader
Supportive of Hasina
She was a democratically elected prime minister whose political career was forged after her father's assassination, and she is considered a friend of India.
Bangladesh government view
She is an "absconding convicted genocider" and an autocrat who held elections excluding her main rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Media interaction from India
Supportive of Hasina
Hasina is entitled to speak from her protected residence in New Delhi, where India has given her haven.
Bangladesh government view
Bangladesh is outraged that an absconding convicted offender was allowed live media interaction in New Delhi.
Why she was ousted
Supportive of Hasina
The student movement's manipulation after it began over reserved seats is a mystery, and who sponsored events to oust her remains unknown.
Bangladesh government view
The movement began as a protest against seats reserved for kin of martyrs and grew because Hasina was condemned as an autocrat.
- Former Prime Minister
- Sheikh Hasina
- Current residence
- New Delhi, India (protected residence)
- Time in exile
- Two years
- Planned return
- By the end of the year
- Risks on return
- Possible jail and execution (death sentence)
- Bangladesh government leader
- Tarique Rahman
- Dhaka's reaction
- Outraged over Hasina's live media interaction from New Delhi
- Father
- Sheikh Mujibur Rehman (assassinated)