Sheikh Hasina vows to return, but will Bangladesh accept fugitive ex-PM?

Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return to Bangladesh from exile in India, Al Jazeera reports, despite a death sentence handed down over the deadly 2024 crackdown on student-led protests. The former prime minister fled to India last year as the uprising toppled her government, and it remains unclear whether Bangladesh's authorities would accept her back.

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