Sheikh Hasina’s return bid threatens to upend Bangladeshi politics

The ousted leader, who has been sentenced to death, plans a December homecoming in a high-stakes bid to resurrect her banned party Hasina, who has been living in India since her government was toppled by a student-led protest movement nearly two years ago, has said she plans to return home in December even if she is arrested or killed. Bangladesh’s current prime minister, Tarique Rahman, took power after his BNP won a landslide victory February’s general election. Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist political party, secured the second-most seats.

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