India-Bangladesh relations hit new low over exiled PM’s speech to press in Delhi

The Guardian reports that Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh now exiled in India, addressed journalists in New Delhi, vowing to return to Bangladesh in December despite facing a death sentence on charges of crimes against humanity. Bangladesh responded with sharp criticism, accusing India of giving a platform to a fugitive it labeled a "convicted genocider" and saying the move undermined diplomatic repair efforts. The confrontation marks another low in India-Bangladesh relations, already strained.

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