Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry on August 17 announced that PM Tarique Rahman's proposed India visit cannot proceed until New Delhi extradites convicted former PM Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives. India has maintained the extradition request is "under examination." The demand follows Hasina's August 5 virtual press address from New Delhi, which Dhaka said disrupted the diplomatic atmosphere.
Read Full ArticleFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia via audio on August 5, 2026, vowing to return in December despite facing a death sentence. She called for the Awami League ban to be lifted and praised India's friendship during her two years in exile.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin resigned on July 24, 2026, citing Autonomic Neuropathy, two years before his term ended, days after Sheikh Hasina announced her December return from exile, and as Tarique Rahman's BNP government faces a 90-day window to elect a successor under the Constitution.
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman Prime Minister, dies at 80 after prolonged illness, ending a defining era in the country’s turbulent political history.
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