DHAKA, Nov 9: Bangladesh Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohammad Asaduzzaman said the government was following legal procedures to bring former prime minister Sheikh Hasina back from India and that there was no place for emotion in the matter.
Responding to questions after the inauguration of a workshop titled ‘Integrity in Judicial Proceedings’ in Dhaka on November 8, Asaduzzaman said the government was taking all steps required under the law in Hasina’s case.
“The matter will be dealt with according to the law. There is no place for emotion in taking any step. We will enforce the law,” he said.
He said Bangladesh had made a request to India under the extradition treaty for Hasina’s return. If India handed her over, she would be produced before a court in accordance with the required legal process, he said.
Hasina came to India after she was removed from power amid a student-led movement on August 5, 2024, and has remained there since. In November 2025, a Bangladesh special tribunal sentenced her to death in absentia in a case concerning crimes against humanity linked to the suppression of the 2024 movement.
Hasina denied the allegations and challenged the legality of the trial process. She announced that she would return to Bangladesh in December this year.
She recently applied through her lawyer to the Bangladesh Embassy in Delhi for a new passport and national identity card. The application was rejected, it was reported.
