Sheikh Hasina Requests New Passport and ID for Bangladesh Return

Sheikh Hasina has requested a new Bangladeshi passport and national identity card, saying through her lawyers that her previous documents were revoked and asking officials to process the applications promptly. The request could support her stated plan to return from exile in India in December, though no return date has been formally announced. Bangladesh’s government says it wants her returned under the extradition treaty with India rather than issuing travel documents, and officials have described her as a fugitive and convicted criminal. Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia over her role in the deadly crackdown on the 2024 student uprising; she denies wrongdoing. Her planned return could further sharpen political divisions in a country still seeking stability after her ouster.