Bangladesh ex-PM returns next week to face charges by khaleejtimes.com

DHAKA - Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, facing charges of murder and extortion at home, will fly back from London next week, officials of her party said on Thursday.

Hasina, head of the Awami League, has been in Britain since April 19, when she stopped off there after a holiday in the United States but was barred from flying on to Dhaka.

The country’s army-backed interim government lifted the ban six days later under intense domestic and overseas pressure. Hasina then said she would return after holding various meetings in Britain, including with British parliamentarians.[Read more]