← Back to the front page

Hasina seeks new Bangladesh passport, citing a December return

Lawyers for ousted Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina asked Dhaka's mission in New Delhi on Monday for a new passport and national ID, according to AP and Reuters reports of a letter.

By Elena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk

3 hr agoNov 8, 11:20 PMUpdated 18 min ago

What's new

18 min agoAl Jazeera is now reporting this

How it’s being reported

3 sources

First reported by KSAT

Hasina asks for a Bangladeshi passport to return from exile

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

Read the original

Same copy also at: (AP, via Local 10) · (AP, via KSAT)

(Reuters, via SCMP)

Ex-Bangladesh leader Hasina applies for passport in signal she’s ready for homecoming

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

Read the original

Same copy also at: (Reuters, via The Japan Times)

Al Jazeera

Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina seeks passport in sign of Bangladesh return plan

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

Hasina, who has been living in India for two years, has promised that she would return to Bangladesh in December.

Read the original

Where they agree

Hasina's side asked Monday for a new Bangladeshi passport and national identity card
The request is tied to a stated plan to return in December
She was forced from office in August 2024 and later sentenced to death in absentia; she denies the charges

Read the original at local10.com ↗

Side by side

Each outlet's article broken down by our newsroom, in our own words. To read what they wrote, use the button under each one.

AP2:00 AM

Hasina asks for a Bangladeshi passport to return from exile

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

AP has legal limits on how other sites show its reporting, so here you get its headline and our one-line take. For its full point of view, go straight to the source.

Read the original at AP Read the full article at AP

Same copy also at: (AP, via Local 10) · (AP, via KSAT)

(Reuters, via SCMP)12:07 AM

Ex-Bangladesh leader Hasina applies for passport in signal she’s ready for homecoming

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

SCMP has legal limits on how other sites show its reporting, so here you get its headline and our one-line take. For its full point of view, go straight to the source.

Read the original at SCMP Read the full article at SCMP

Same copy also at: (Reuters, via The Japan Times)

Al Jazeera2:12 AM

Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina seeks passport in sign of Bangladesh return plan

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

Hasina, who has been living in India for two years, has promised that she would return to Bangladesh in December.

Gives this outlet’s account of the story.

Our newsroom hasn't broken this article down yet.

Read the original at Al Jazeera Read the full article at Al Jazeera