Sheikh Hasina Seeks New Passport, NID Ahead of Planned Return to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh || Monday, 9 November 2026 || 24 Kartik 1433

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Sheikh Hasina Seeks New Passport, NID Ahead of Planned Return to Bangladesh

Published : Monday, 9 November, 2026 at 11:16 AM, Count : 70

Sheikh Hasina Seeks New Passport, NID Ahead of Planned Return to Bangladesh

Ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday requested a new passport and national identity card (NID), seeking to return from her self-imposed exile in India, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. It is her first such communication since she fled Bangladesh in 2024.

The request is the clearest indication yet that Hasina is taking steps to fulfil her plan to return to Bangladesh in December, more than two years after a deadly uprising brought an end to her long rule. Her possible return could trigger renewed political and legal tensions in a country where her party is now banned.

Hasina previously told Reuters that she intends to return and surrender before a court. Her aides said on Monday that the return date would be announced once the necessary formalities had been completed.

In November last year, Bangladesh’s war-crimes tribunal sentenced Hasina to death in absentia for ordering a deadly crackdown on the student-led uprising. She has denied the charges while in exile.

“In view of the reported revocation of her existing Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card (NID) by the Interim Government and other authorities, I respectfully request that you take the necessary steps to issue a new Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card for our client,” Hasina’s lawyers at London-based Matrix Chambers wrote in a letter to Preeti Rahman, acting high commissioner at Bangladesh’s embassy in New Delhi.

The letter also requested that the applications be processed “expeditiously”, citing Hasina’s Bangladeshi nationality and the country’s “obligations arising under international human rights instruments”.

Rahman in New Delhi and spokespeople for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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