{
  "id": 19117316,
  "title": "Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport ahead of possible Bangladesh return",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-ahead-of-possible-bangladesh-return",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T08:21:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1578876/sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-ahead-of-possible-bangladesh-return/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested a new passport and national identity card through her lawyers. According to the South China Morning Post and the New Straits Times, the request was made in a letter to Preeti Rahman, the acting high commissioner in New Delhi, following reports that her existing documents were revoked by the interim government. This marks her first formal communication since fleeing the country in 2024.\n\nHasina has indicated plans to return to Bangladesh in December to surrender before a court, with aides stating a specific date will be announced once formalities are completed. The South China Morning Post reports that she denies any wrongdoing and has challenged the legitimacy of a war-crimes court verdict that sentenced her to death in her absence last November. The court's decision followed a student-led uprising that the United Nations says killed nearly 1,400 people.\n\nThe former prime minister’s Awami League party was previously the country's largest political group but has since been banned, according to NDTV. Many of her party colleagues are currently in self-imposed exile in India or elsewhere, or have been jailed.",
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    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of Bangladesh return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/hasina-seeks-new-passport-in-clearest-sign-of-bangladesh-return",
        "published": "2026-11-09T04:02:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport ahead of December return to Bangladesh as government doubles down on extradition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-ahead-of-december-return-to",
        "published": "2026-11-09T04:23:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/bangladeshs-ousted-leader-sheikh-hasina-appeals-for-a-new-passport-to",
        "published": "2026-11-09T04:23:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of Bangladesh return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ousted-pm-sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-in-clearest-sign-of",
        "published": "2026-11-09T04:28:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Ex-Bangladesh leader Hasina applies for passport in signal she’s ready for homecoming",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ex-bangladesh-leader-hasina-applies-for-passport-in-signal-shes-ready",
        "published": "2026-11-09T05:07:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of Bangladesh return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/hasina-seeks-new-passport-in-clearest-sign-of-bangladesh-return-19098794",
        "published": "2026-11-09T05:23:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Sheikh Hasina seeks new passport, identity card to return to Bangladesh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sheikh-hasina-seeks-new-passport-identity-card-to-return-to-bangladesh",
        "published": "2026-11-09T05:45:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Sheikh Hasina Asks For New Passport For Bangladesh Homecoming: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sheikh-hasina-asks-for-new-passport-for-bangladesh-homecoming-report",
        "published": "2026-11-09T05:45:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Hasina seeks new passport in clearest sign of Bangladesh return",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/hasina-seeks-new-passport-in-clearest-sign-of-bangladesh-return-19105313",
        "published": "2026-11-09T06:04:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina seeks passport in sign of Bangladesh return plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ousted-pm-sheikh-hasina-seeks-passport-in-sign-of-bangladesh-return",
        "published": "2026-11-09T07:12:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}