Ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina applies for a new passport to facilitate her return to the country.
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has applied for a new passport and national identity card to facilitate her return to Bangladesh. She plans to return in December to surrender before a court following a death sentence handed down in her absence. Hasina, who ruled for 20 years, denied the charges from exile after a deadly uprising ended her leadership.
- Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally sought a new passport and national identity card.
- Hasina plans to return to Bangladesh in December.
- A domestic court in Bangladesh sentenced Hasina to death in 2025.
- A deadly uprising ended Hasina's long rule.
- Hasina's Awami League party was the country's largest before it was banned.
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