Bangladesh summoned India's deputy high commissioner to protest Sheikh Hasina's media interactions, demanding her access to journalists be cut off.

New Delhi

Bangladesh’s foreign ministry summoned the second highest ranking Indian diplomat in Dhaka on Wednesday to protest against former premier Sheikh Hasina’s interactions with the Indian media in recent days and to demand that her access to journalists be discontinued.

The development came five days after Hasina, who has lived in self-exile in India since the fall of her government in August 2024 following weeks of student-led protests, gave interviews to a few Indian media outlets, including Hindustan Times. This was her first interaction with the Indian media since he left Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s foreign ministry summoned India’s d

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