Advertisement AdvertisementThe attack came hours after Shakib, a ‌former Awami League lawmaker, joined ⁠a virtual event organised by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi. During the audio address, Hasina reiterated that she would ⁠return to Bangladesh, where she has been sentenced to death. The event, held on the second anniversary of her ouster, was Hasina's first public interaction with the media since she fled Bangladesh in 2024. Bangladesh's foreign ministry condemned Hasina's media ​appearance, describing it as "an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh" and ‌warning that allowing her to address the ​media from India could ​harm bilateral relations. In November 2025, ‌the country's war crimes tribunal sentenced her to death in absentia over the ​deadly crackdown on the 2024 student-led uprising, charges she has dismissed as politically ​motivated.