Ex-PM Hasina vows return to Bangladesh; ex-cricketer's home attacked

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to Bangladesh in December, despite facing a death sentence and her party, the Awami League, being banned. Hasina, 78, stated her intention to return to her people during a media interaction in New Delhi, acknowledging the possibility of imprisonment or death. This event marked her first public media interaction since fleeing Bangladesh in 2024 following a student-led uprising. The interaction has strained Bangladesh-India relations, with Dhaka accusing India of undermining ties by providing a platform for Hasina. Hours after the event, the home of former national cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan, who participated in the event, was attacked with petrol bombs in Bangladesh. Hasina dismissed the criminal cases against her as politically motivated and called for the ban on her party to be lifted. Bangladesh's foreign ministry expressed outrage over the event and renewed its demand for India to extradite Hasina.