“I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year,” says Hasina.

Sheikh Hasina said that she doesn't fear death, pointing out the 1975 assassination of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. | World News

Sheikh Hasina, former Bangladesh PM, pledges to return this year despite facing a death penalty and condemns attacks on minorities as threats to the nation's independence.