Bangladesh wants its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to be extradited to her country, now she has been sentenced to death for “crimes against humanity” by a court that Dhaka recognises as legitimate, but the rest of the world does not. India, legally, does not have to send her back

xWhat’s the plan for Vijay Divas this year? On December 16, 1971, the Pakistani Army surrendered to the Indian Army in Dhaka, leading to the birth of Bangladesh. The Indian Army marks the day annually, with the grandest observance at Kolkata’s Fort William, the headquarters of the Eastern Command which led the campaign to liberate then East Pakistan. Last year, with Sheikh Hasina already taking refuge in New Delhi, the ceremony at Fort William was subdued and fewer than usual Bangladeshi defence officers o

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