Reiterated demand for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition: Bangladesh foreign minister after India visit
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Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman on Friday said that during his visit to New Delhi, he had reiterated Dhaka’s demand that India extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, The Hindu reported.
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The previous caretaker government led by Muhammad Yunus had made the request under the India-Bangladesh extradition treaty.
The visit by Khalilur Rahman marked the first high-level bilateral engagement hosted by India since the Hasina government was ousted.
Hasina fled to India in August 2024 after several weeks of widespread student-led protests against her Awami League government. She had been in power for 16 years.
Yunus, a Nobel laureate economist, subsequently took over as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government.
After parliamentary elections in February, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party formed the new government in the country. Tarique Rahman, the chairperson of the party, was sworn in as prime minister.
Earlier this week, Khalilur Rahman held talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his visit to New Delhi, before travelling to Mauritius to attend the 9th Indian Ocean Conference.
Jaishankar reiterated to his Bangladeshi counterpart that India will “engage constructively” with the new government in Dhaka and work to strengthen bilateral ties. The visit by Rahman marked the first high-level bilateral engagement hosted by India since the Hasina government was ousted.
Speaking to The Hindu in Mauritius...