Bangladesh Parliament Speaker says former PM Sheikh Hasina unlikely to return even by next decade

Dhaka, Oct 22 (UNI) Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram has said former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is unlikely to return to the country within the next decade, citing his political experience. "My political experience says there is no possibility of Sheikh Hasina returning even in the next 10 years," he told journalists at the district circuit house in Bhola on Thursday. The Speaker accused the Awami League, which governed Bangladesh under Hasina, of creating conditions that prevented honest, capable and politically neutral people from contesting elections. He called for sweeping reforms to the electoral system to…