This is the latest turn in the Hasina extradition story. Awaaz Punjab reported on November 5 that Hasina had vowed to return to Bangladesh in December and that Dhaka would seek her only through the extradition treaty, and on November 9 that her lawyers had written to Bangladesh's embassy in Delhi seeking a new passport. Saturday's statement from Dhaka's law minister is the government's answer to the reported conditions India is said to have attached to her return. Read: Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of December return
Bangladesh has completed all the legal procedures needed to bring ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina back from India, and the decision on her return now rests entirely with the Indian government, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said in Dhaka on Saturday.
Source: TBS News, Nov 14, 2026
"We have done everything required of us under the legal process. What they [India] do next is up to them," Asaduzzaman told reporters after an event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka, adding that extradition under the bilateral treaty would itself constitute a legal process.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
No appeal against the death sentence, minister says
Asaduzzaman also ruled out any appeal by Hasina against the death sentence handed to her by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal. "Sheikh Hasina will not have the opportunity to appeal against the death sentence. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman himself enacted the law in this regard," the minister said.
Source: TBS News, Nov 14, 2026
The minister said there was no legal provision to condone a delay in filing an appeal in the crimes-against-humanity case, and that the special law governing the proceedings contained no such provision. He added that Article 47(3) of the Constitution barred anyone accused or convicted of crimes against humanity from claiming fundamental rights.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
The reported Indian conditions Dhaka is answering
The remarks come after BBC Bangla reported, citing officials in New Delhi, that India had indicated two possible conditions for facilitating Hasina's return: that Bangladesh's Army take responsibility for bringing her back, either by sending an aircraft to Delhi or receiving her at a designated point on the land border, and that Dhaka guarantee her an opportunity to appeal against her death sentence and arrange a fresh trial. India has not officially confirmed those reported conditions, and they are reported here as a report, not as an official Indian position.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
Asked about the reports at a media briefing in New Delhi on Friday, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal declined to comment on the alleged arrangements. "Extradition is a legal matter, and it will be dealt with accordingly," he said. Jaiswal also reiterated India's desire for a "positive, constructive and forward-looking relationship" with Bangladesh.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
Consular dialogue postponed as the strain grows
The diplomatic strain has also led to the postponement of the fifth consular dialogue, which had been scheduled for November 17 and 18 in Dhaka. The talks were expected to cover visa facilitation, revised travel arrangements, border management, repatriation of detained nationals and fishermen, and mutual legal assistance. Dhaka has proposed rescheduling the dialogue for the end of November, while India said the meeting would take place on a mutually convenient date.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Saturday that Hasina would be dealt with under the 1973 legal and constitutional framework, describing her as a fugitive convicted of crimes against humanity and saying she must face the sentences and cases against her. "The fugitive Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina has no legal scope to obtain a passport," he added.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026
The passport question is unresolved. On November 9, Hasina's London-based lawyers at Matrix Chambers wrote to Bangladesh's High Commission in New Delhi seeking a new passport and national identity card for her. The mission forwarded the request to Dhaka, but officials questioned its authorisation, saying no documents establishing the lawyers' authority to represent Hasina were attached. Her existing passport and national identity card were revoked during the interim government's tenure. Read: Hasina vows December return — Dhaka says extradition only
What is at stake
Hasina, who was prime minister from 2009 to 2024, fled to India aboard a Bangladesh military aircraft on August 5, 2024, after a student-led uprising ended her long rule. In November 2025, the International Crimes Tribunal convicted her in absentia of crimes against humanity over the crackdown on protesters during the July-August 2024 uprising and sentenced her to death. She has denied the charges. A United Nations report put the number killed in the crackdown at nearly 1,400. Her Awami League party has since been banned, and she has told reporters she plans to return in December to surrender before a court.
Source: The Daily New Nation, Nov 14, 2026; Awaaz Punjab, Nov 5, 2026
The law minister also said the investigation agency and the prosecution would soon begin investigations into crimes against humanity across districts in Bangladesh, and that the government would provide all necessary assistance.
Source: TBS News, Nov 14, 2026
Everything now turns on New Delhi. India has acknowledged receiving Bangladesh's extradition requests but has not announced a decision on handing her over. Sources told The Daily New Nation that the Hasina issue has also emerged as a stumbling block to arranging a visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, which India has been seeking since he took office. Watch for India's formal response, for a rescheduled date for the consular dialogue, and for whether Hasina's December return plan holds.