Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina announces plan to return to Bangladesh

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 05, 2026 · 371 words · By Reuters

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Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina announces plan to return to Bangladesh The decision of the 78-year-old ousted leader comes despite her facing the death penalty in Bangladesh.

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What happened

Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina announces plan to return to Bangladesh The decision of the 78-year-old ousted leader comes despite her facing the death penalty in Bangladesh.

Why it matters

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to her country after two years in exile in India, despite facing the death penalty.

Common ground

The 78-year-old, who was dramatically ousted following a brutal crackdown on protesters in 2024, made the announcement on Wednesday via video link at an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of South Asia, alongside her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy,…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hasina’s added that the ban on her Awami League party should be lifted.”

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Al Jazeera reports that she added that the ban on her Awami League party should be lifted, but no other independent source in the provided evidence confirms this specific demand.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sheikh (/ ʃeɪk, ʃiːk / SHAYK, SHEEK, [1] Arabic: شَيْخ, romanized: shaykh [ʃajx], commonly [ʃeːχ], plural: شُيُوخ, shuyūkh [ʃujuːx]) [a] is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh

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web search NEUTRAL — A Sheikh or shaykh (Arabic: شيخ, romanized: shaykh, pl. شيوخ, shuyūkh), of Sufism is a Sufi who is authorized to teach, initiate and guide aspiring dervishes in the Islamic faith. The sheikh is vital …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_(Sufism)

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web search NEUTRAL — Sheikh, Arabic title of respect dating from pre-Islamic antiquity to refer to a venerable man of more than 50 years of age. The title is used especially by certain leaders, such as religious leaders, …
https://www.britannica.com/topic/sheikh

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Claim 2: “India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, sought to distance New Delhi from it.”

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Claim 3: “Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to her country after two years in exile in India”

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Multiple independent sources (The Week, Rediff.com) confirm that Sheikh Hasina announced her intention to return to Bangladesh after exile in India.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 5 August 2024, at around 2:25 p.m., Sheikh Hasina resigned from her position as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the country on a helicopter with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to India, arriv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_of_Sheikh_Hasina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheikh Hasina Wazed (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chief Prosecutor vs. Sheikh Hasina & Others was a case before the International Crimes Tribunal-I, Bangladesh, charging former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Sheikh_Hasina

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Claim 4: “Last year, the ousted leader refused to attend her trial in Dhaka, where she was found guilty of incitement, ordering killings and failing to prevent atrocities. She was sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific details of a trial she refused to attend or the specific sentencing for crimes against humanity in the manner described.

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Claim 5: “India has invited him to a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit of emerging economies in September.”

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Claim 6: “she wants it to be in December this year.”

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Al Jazeera and other web search results explicitly state that she wants her return to be in December of the current year.

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Claim 7: “with newly-elected Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in power”

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Claim 8: “The 78-year-old ousted leader comes despite her facing the death penalty in Bangladesh.”

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Wikipedia confirms her birth date as September 28, 1947, making her 78 years old in 2025/2026. CBS News and other web results confirm she has been sentenced to death/faces the death penalty.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladeshi_general_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 February 2026 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was the first general election since the July Uprising of 2024 that ended the 15-year-long rule…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Bangladeshi_general_elect…

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Claim 9: “Dhaka has repeatedly requested her extradition; however, New Delhi has only said the request is being examined through the legal process.”

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No evidence was provided regarding extradition requests from Dhaka or the legal examination of such requests by New Delhi.

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Claim 10: “Her son said they were not in contact with the current government.”

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Al Jazeera reports that her son stated they were not in contact with the current government; this is not corroborated by other sources in the evidence set.

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Claim 11: “she fled to New Delhi via helicopter and has not returned to Bangladesh since.”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms she resigned on August 5, 2024, and fled the country on a helicopter to India, arriving in Delhi via Agartala.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hawlader also said that the perpetrators had fled to India and said the protests would continue until “Sheikh Hasina and all those responsible for killings are returned”. Bangladeshi authorities have …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/19/bangladesh-on-edge…

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web search NEUTRAL — After Sheikh Hasina left the country, the subsequent Yunus government revoked her red diplomatic passport. At present, she does not possess a valid Bangladeshi passport. As a result, she would need a …
https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-ed/a6854q1s0c

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Claim 12: “The 78-year-old, who was dramatically ousted following a brutal crackdown on protesters in 2024”

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Wikipedia and CBS News explicitly state she resigned and fled on August 5, 2024, following a crackdown on protesters.

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Claim 13: “made the announcement on Wednesday via video link at an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of South Asia, alongside her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and other Awami League leaders, including former Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel.”

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While Al Jazeera and other sources confirm the announcement and the presence of her son, the specific detail about the 'Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of South Asia' and 'Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel' is not independently corroborated across the provided evidence snippets, though the general event is mentioned.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Significant political, constitutional, and social changes in Bangladesh followed the July Uprising of 2024 and the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The uprising was initially sparked by wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_July_Uprising

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Sheikh_Mujibu…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, on 5 August 2024, which had come after the Hasina's government's mass killings of protesters, known as the July massacre, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_post-resignation_vi…

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