# Bangladesh Condemns India After Sheikh Hasina Speaks Publicly From Delhi and Vows to Return

Dhaka says its repeated extradition requests have gone unanswered, and the home of former cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan was attacked after he appeared alongside her.

- Published: 2026-08-06T05:31:39.040Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/2026-08-06/bangladesh-condemns-india-after-sheikh-hasina-speaks-publicl
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- Sources: [The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-government-outraged-over-sheikh-hasinas-press-conference-in-india/article71311030.ece), [Dawn](https://www.dawn.com/news/2020971/ex-bangladesh-cricket-captain-shakibs-home-attacked-after-joining-hasinas-first-public-media-event-since-ouster), [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/india-denies-involvement-in-ex-bangladesh-pm-hasinas-planned-speech)

Sheikh Hasina, removed as prime minister of Bangladesh in 2024 and living in India since, held her first public media event on Wednesday, a virtual appearance hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi. She said she intends to return to Bangladesh in December. Bangladesh's interim government responded with a formal protest. Its foreign ministry said it was surprised and shocked, and [The Hindu reported](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-government-outraged-over-sheikh-hasinas-press-conference-in-india/article71311030.ece) Dhaka's statement that its repeated requests for her extradition have not been answered.

India's Ministry of External Affairs said before the event that the government had no involvement in organising it and does not endorse views expressed there, describing the host as a private media organisation, [according to Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/4/india-denies-involvement-in-ex-bangladesh-pm-hasinas-planned-speech). Dhaka rejects that separation and characterises permitting the event in the Indian capital as an affront to Bangladesh.

The domestic consequences were immediate. [Dawn reported](https://www.dawn.com/news/2020971/ex-bangladesh-cricket-captain-shakibs-home-attacked-after-joining-hasinas-first-public-media-event-since-ouster) that attackers smashed windows and threw petrol bombs at the Dhaka residence of Shakib Al Hasan, the former Bangladesh cricket captain, after he took part in the event. Police were reported at the scene. Shakib was elected to parliament for Hasina's Awami League in 2024 and has been a target of political anger since her removal.

Bangladesh is scheduled to hold elections, and Hasina's stated intention to return in December places her at the centre of that contest from outside the country. India hosts her without granting the extradition Dhaka demands, which keeps the dispute between the two governments unresolved and personal.

## What this means

Bangladesh runs one of the world's largest garment export industries, and its buyers in Europe and the United States price political risk into sourcing decisions and order lead times. A contested election with an exiled former prime minister promising to return raises the probability of the strikes and street violence that halted production in 2024. The India relationship is the second channel: Dhaka's refusal to accept New Delhi's separation between the state and a private venue keeps bilateral trade and border cooperation strained, and Bangladesh imports a large share of its food and cotton from India. Either the two governments contain the dispute diplomatically, or Bangladesh accelerates its search for alternative suppliers and partners, which is the outcome China and Pakistan have been positioning for.

## What to watch

- Whether Bangladesh takes formal action beyond protest, such as recalling its envoy, which would move the dispute from rhetoric into bilateral trade and border arrangements.
- Order patterns and lead times reported by international garment buyers, since these show whether the political risk is already changing sourcing.
- Whether further attacks follow on figures associated with the former government, because a pattern of violence ahead of elections is what disrupts production.