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Bangladesh rules out passport for ex-PM Sheikh Hasina, says India must hand her over as per extradition treaty
Published: 05/11/26 13:46
Dhaka | India
Dhaka, Nov 5 (UNI) Bangladesh will not issue an ordinary passport or travel document to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to facilitate her return from India, with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir insisting that New Delhi must hand her over under the two countries' existing extradition treaty. Speaking to journalists at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, where he was seeing off a delegation led by Liu Haixing, minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, Kobir said there was no need for a passport to secure the return of someone wanted for serious crimes. "We…