A Dhaka war-crimes court sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for ordering a ?crackdown on an uprising. (AP PHOTO)A Dhaka war-crimes court sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for ordering a ?crackdown on an uprising. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAPBangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina says a ban on her Awami League party should be lifted and has reiterated she will return to her country in December, challenging the new government of her rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Hasina, 78, told Reuters in an interview last month that she plans to return to Bangladesh by the end of the year and surrender to authorities there. The country's war-crimes court sentenced her to death in her absence in November 2025 for ordering a deadly crackdown on the student-led uprising.