Hasina fled to India on August 5, 2024, after a mass uprising ended her 15-year rule. An interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus subsequently took charge. Hasina says she cannot spend the rest of her life watching Bangladeshis suffer from a distance. She flagged the confidence of extremists under the current political dispensation. Sheikh Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh in December 2026 despite facing a death sentence.