Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently living in self-imposed exile in India following her 2024 removal, has formally applied for a new Bangladeshi passport and national identity card to facilitate her promised return to the country in December to surrender before a court. Despite being sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal for ordering a deadly crackdown on student protesters, and with Dhaka actively seeking her extradition under a bilateral treaty that New Delhi has so far declined, Hasina's request is being reviewed by Bangladeshi authorities, signaling potential political and legal volatility ahead.
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