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Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile

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Alam, J. (2026, November 9). Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/bangladesh-s-ousted-leader-sheikh-hasina-appeals-for-a-new-passport-to-return-from-exile/article_1eae68e9-04ea-52b9-8957-1893d05481cf.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-09 · by Julhas Alam

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Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh who was ousted two years ago, has requested a new passport to facilitate her return from exile. Despite the government's efforts to extradite her from India and previous dismissals of the need for new identification documents, Hasina told the AP this month that she plans to return to Bangladesh in December regardless of obstacles.
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport on November 9, 2026, from her exile in India, aiming to return home by December. Her request comes more than two years after she was ousted during a deadly uprising that ended her long rule and raises potential political and legal tensions. The current government has been seeking her extradition from India and had dismissed earlier suggestions about needing new identification documents for her return. Hasina’s aides have stated that the specific date of her return would be announced once formalities are completed, as she plans to surrender before a court in Bangladesh. She faces a death sentence in absentia from Bangladesh's war crimes court, charged with ordering a crackdown during the uprising that may have killed up to 1,400 people according to UN estimates.

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“While both articles discuss Sheikh Hasina's intent to return from exile, Article A is an announcement of her intention, while Article B reports on her request for a new passport as part of that process.”
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Julhas Alam
2 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
Hasina told The Associated Press in an interview this month that she would return to Bangladesh in December at any cost.
2026-11-09 · assertive framing · Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile
“If death is my destiny, I would rather die on the soil of my own country, among my own people,” she told The Associated Press in response to questions by email.
2026-11-05 · assertive framing · Bangladesh's ousted premier Hasina tells the AP she will return from exile in December at any cost
Also by Julhas Alam
Bangladesh's ousted premier Hasina tells the AP she will return from exile in December at any cost
2026-11-05 · Toronto Star
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

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Bangladesh Bangladeshi DHAKA India The Associated Press

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Bangladesh GPE · 2× Bangladeshi NORP · 1× DHAKA GPE · 1× Hasina PERSON · 1× India GPE · 1× Sheikh Hasina PERSON · 1× The Associated Press ORG · 1×

Narrative

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport Monday to facilitate her return from exile two years after she was ousted in a mass uprising.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-09
Hasina told The Associated Press in an interview this month that she would return to Bangladesh in December at any cost.
2026-11-09 · Toronto Star
Bangladesh's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile · assertive framing

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport Monday to facilitate her return from exile two years after she was ousted in a mass uprising. asserted
she → request → uprising
The government has been seeking her extradition from India and earlier dismissed suggestions she needed new identification documents to return home. asserted
she → seek → documents
Hasina told The Associated Press in an interview this month that she would return to Bangladesh in December at any cost. asserted
she → tell → cost
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