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Hasina Virtual Presser
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Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, ousted in 2024, is set to make her first public appearance via a virtual press conference in New Delhi on August 5. Bangladesh has urged India to prevent the event, citing concerns about fugitives harming bilateral ties, while Indian officials discuss the matter.
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Bangladesh urges India to deny permission for presser
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Bangladesh adviser says event could affect ties
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Bangladesh warns of arrest if Hasina returns
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Organizers confirm Hasina's presser on August 5
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Reports say Hasina to make first public appearance via virtual event
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Full story →Sheikh Hasina may detail ‘homecoming’ plans, her visions for Bangladesh at presser in India on August 5
Sheikh Hasina, 78, will address a virtual news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in New Delhi on August 5, 2026, to announce her homecoming and outline her vision for Bangladesh.
Hasina has lived in self-exile in India since August 5, 2024, when her Awami League government collapsed amid student-led protests.
The event will include addresses by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Awami League leaders Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel and Shakib Al Hasan.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government, which seeks Hasina's extradition, views the press conference negatively.
Hasina, sentenced to death by a tribunal in Dhaka for ordering lethal force against protesters, will participate in a question-and-answer session for the first time.
Earlier · 1d ago
Full story →Sheikh Hasina to make first major public appearance in India since 2024 Bangladesh ouster
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a virtual program in New Delhi on August 5, 2026, hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia.
This will be her first major public appearance in India since leaving Bangladesh in August 2024 after a student-led uprising.
Hasina is expected to discuss her political future and plans to return to Bangladesh.
Attendees include her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, and former cricketer Shakib Al Hasan.
Since her ouster, Bangladesh has seen an interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, followed by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.