Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Bangladesh renews push for Hasina's extradition as envoy meets PM
Sheikh Hasina used to be the leader of a country called Bangladesh.
In 2024, many students protested against her, and she had to leave her country and go to India.
Now the new leader of Bangladesh wants her to come back so she can face the law.
Bangladesh asked India to help send her back, and they asked again at a recent meeting.
The leaders of both countries met in Dhaka to talk about this and other important things.
Bangladesh is also asking India to send back people it says hurt a student leader named Shahid Osman Hadi.
Hasina recently talked to reporters from India and said she wants to return home in December to make things right.
Bangladesh was not happy about her words, but India said it was not part of that event.
The two countries are trying to stay friendly even though they disagree.
Bangladesh renewed its request for India to expedite the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi's first meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on Monday.
Hasina has been in India since her ouster in August 2024 amid student-led protests and was sentenced to death in absentia in November 2025 for alleged crimes against humanity.
Dhaka also asked India to return suspects in the December 2025 murder of student leader Shahid Osman Hadi; three suspects arrested in India in March are in judicial custody in West Bengal.
Bangladesh expressed outrage over Hasina's August 5 virtual media interaction in New Delhi, in which she said she is determined to return home in December to restore democracy despite risking imprisonment or a death sentence.
India's Ministry of External Affairs said on August 7 it had no role in the August 5 event, which was organized by a private media organization, and does not endorse any views expressed there.
- Who
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi, and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
- What
- Bangladesh renewed its request for India to expedite Sheikh Hasina's extradition and to return suspects in the murder of student leader Shahid Osman Hadi.
- When
- Monday, August 10.
- Where
- Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka.
- Why
- Bangladesh wants Hasina to face the law over alleged crimes against humanity, and tensions rose after her August 5 virtual remarks about returning to Bangladesh in December.
Bangladesh's position
India's and Hasina's position
Hasina's extradition
Bangladesh's position
Bangladesh hopes India will expedite Hasina's extradition so she can surrender and face the law after being sentenced to death in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity.
India's and Hasina's position
India has not committed to expediting her extradition and has kept its distance from her activities, saying it wants to work with Bangladesh in a 'positive, constructive and forward-looking manner'.
Hasina's August 5 remarks
Bangladesh's position
Bangladesh protested Hasina's virtual remarks, saying they hurt public sentiment and could make improving bilateral ties harder, and described her as an 'absconding, convicted genocider'.
India's and Hasina's position
Hasina said she is determined to return to Bangladesh in December to restore democracy; India said it neither participated in nor endorsed any views expressed at the event organized by a private media organization.
Bilateral relations
Bangladesh's position
Home Affairs Minister Salahuddin Ahmed warned that India cannot simultaneously pursue friendly relations with Dhaka while giving refuge to Hasina.
India's and Hasina's position
India conveyed its intent to work in a 'positive, constructive and forward-looking manner', and Trivedi expressed confidence that a meeting between Rahman and Modi could help resolve problems in the ties.
- Extradition target
- Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Prime Minister
- Tarique Rahman
- Indian High Commissioner
- Dinesh Trivedi, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader
- Meeting date and place
- Monday, August 10, at the Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
- Hasina's ouster
- August 2024, after student-led protests; she fled to India
- Death sentence
- Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia in November 2025 for alleged crimes against humanity
- Hadi murder suspects
- Three suspects arrested in India in March; in judicial custody in West Bengal
- BRICS summit
- Invitation for September 12-13 in New Delhi, addressed to the chairperson of BIMSTEC
Sources
Bangladesh seeks Hasina’s extradition again as India’s envoy meets PM Rahman
Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina's extradition again during India envoy's meeting with Tarique Rahman
Bangladesh seeks Hasina’s extradition again as India’s envoy meets PM Rahman
