India, July 12 -- After hinting at returning home from self-exile in several interviews in the past, former Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on July 10 that she will return to her country by December and surrender to the authorities. Hasina has been in India after the August 2024 protests in Bangladesh led to the collapse of her government. A tribunal in her home country sentenced her to death for several crimes in an ex parte trial and Dhaka has been demanding her extradition. Her party, the Awami League's activities remain banned in her country, and several of its senior leaders, convicted by Bangladeshi courts or facing serious charges, are currently living in India and Europe.

Hasina's presence in India continues to ...