Bangladesh, July 11 -- Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told Reuters that she and senior colleagues from her Awami League party intend to return from exile in India around December and surrender to authorities in Dhaka, where she faces a death sentence and her party has been banned.Demographics
In a nearly hour-long telephone interview with Reuters late Thursday into Friday, the 78-year-old said she was prepared to face arrest or worse. "Still, I have to go," she told the news agency, saying she wanted to die on Bangladeshi soil if it came to that, given her family's history there.
Hasina fled the country in 2024 after weeks of protests brought an end to her 20 years in power spread across multiple terms.
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