A day after former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a virtual press conference, announced that she would return to the country in December despite the risk of arrest or imprisonment. PM Tarique Rahman's camp challenged Hasina to return immediately instead of waiting until December.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return from exile in India in December despite facing a death sentence in Bangladesh.

The decision of the 78-year-old ousted leader comes despite her facing the death penalty in Bangladesh.

A special tribunal last year sentenced the former prime minister to death in absentia