Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5 joined a virtual press briefing live from New Delhi for the first time since she was ousted from power exactly two years earlier, where she voiced her intention to return to Bangladesh - drawing a strong reaction from Dhaka, which blamed the Indian government for allowing the event to take place.

It also invoked an incident from 2018, when the Indian government went out of its way to prevent a renowned British lawyer seeking a similar platform to speak on behalf of late BNP Chairperson and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia from doing so.

In July 2018, Lord Alex Carlile, then legal counsel for Khaleda Zia, was denied entry into India despite holding a valid Indian business visa, ...