Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir has described a British law firm writing to the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi regarding the issuing of a new passport to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina as ridiculous.

Asked by reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, Humaiun said Bangladesh does not want to give Hasina a passport.

"Bangladesh does not give passports to terrorists. It asks for them to be handed over," he said.

He also advised the British law firm to look into Hasina's activities before agreeing to represent her.

"I would ask the law firm to first learn who their client is. Their client is a terrorist who had fled Bangladesh, killed thousands of people over the years, abducted pe...