Bangladesh, Nov. 9 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Monday said Bangladesh wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces the death penalty, to be returned from India under the existing extradition treaty, saying the country does not issue passports to "convicted and fled terrorists".

However, he did not comment on whether the government will provide any one-way travel permit to Hasina, who reportedly wants to return to Bangladesh by December this year.

"She (Hasina) is not coming to visit her maternal grandparents. She has been sentenced to death. Bangladesh doesn't provide passports to terrorists," the State Minister told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when his attention was drawn to reports o...