Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- A retrial for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is legally off the table, the International Crimes Tribunal's chief prosecutor says, rejecting calls to reopen the case in which she was sentenced to death

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Aminul Islam said the law clearly sets out the right to appeal and the procedure.

Neither the government nor the tribunal can grant an appeal at will, he said on Sunday.

Hasina has been in India since being ousted in the July 2024 Uprising. Bangladesh has asked New Delhi to return her under the extradition treaty.

A BBC Bangla report on Nov 12 said India had set two conditions for sending Hasina back. One was an assurance that she would be allowed a retrial or an appeal against her death s...