Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and a member of parliament, has demanded that the death sentence handed to ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina be carried out. He made the demand after reports that Sheikh Hasina had applied for a new passport and national identity card (NID).
In a post on his Facebook page on Monday afternoon (9 November), Nahid Islam wrote: “Carry out the death sentence of the killer Hasina, put the fascist League on trial.”
On Saturday (7 November), Nahid Islam spoke as chief guest at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) at an event welcoming new students of the 2025-26 academic year, titled “Students’ thoughts on the July uprising”.
There he said there was no chance of Sheikh Hasina coming back to the country in December, and that they were prepared on that front.
Meanwhile Sheikh Hasina, who has been in India for more than two years, has applied to the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi for a new passport and NID, the news agency Reuters reported on Monday (9 November).
According to a letter seen by Reuters, lawyers from the London-based Matrix Chambers sent the application on Sheikh Hasina’s behalf to Preeti Rahman, Bangladesh’s acting high commissioner in Delhi.
The letter says the lawyers have learned that the interim government and the relevant authorities cancelled Sheikh Hasina’s previous passport and national identity card. In view of this, they asked for the necessary steps to be taken to issue a new passport and NID.
The letter also called for the application to be settled quickly, taking into account her Bangladeshi citizenship and the applicable provisions of international human rights conventions.
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