India is currently examining a request from Bangladesh for extradition. Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, is reportedly planning her return. She fled Dhaka after her government collapsed in August 2024. A special tribunal sentenced her in absentia for alleged crimes. Bilateral relations are stabilizing after a period of tension.

The response came after Sheikh Hasina said she would return to Bangladesh by December despite facing a death sentence. | World News

Sheikh Hasina’s presence in India has remained an irritant in bilateral ties, which improved somewhat after the Tarique Rahman government came to power this year | India News