# Toppled Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina to speak today: What to expect

https://mins.news/en/item/13921

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-05 09:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/5/toppled-bangladesh-leader-sheikh-hasina-to-speak-today-what-we-can-expect?traffic_source=rss

> Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to speak today. She may announce that she intends to return to Bangladesh after living in exile in India. Hasina faces the death penalty, making any return announcement highly consequential. Attention is focused on whether she will confirm plans to come back and how she presents that decision.

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