Hasina says ban on her party should be lifted

Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that the ban on her Awami League party should be lifted and reiterated that she would return to her country in December.
Hasina's comments were made during a media interaction hosted by the ⁠Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi - on the second anniversary ⁠of her ouster in 2024.
Hasina had been expected to address the event virtually by video but delivered only an audio message. It was not immediately clear why she did not appear on video, ‌unlike her party colleagues and her son, who ​spoke before her.
It was ⁠her first such interaction with the media since her ouster. 'I will ​return to my people,' Hasina said, ‌speaking from behind a blank video screen, adding that she would share the exact date of her return and other details ​when the time was right.