Hasina may make her first public appearance this week since ouster

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to make her first open appearance before the media in India, nearly two years after her government was ousted amid a mass student-led uprising in Bangladesh. The event will be hosted virtually by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia (FCC South Asia) in New Delhi, where Hasina is expected to speak about her future plans and her proposed return to Bangladesh.

The interaction will take place on August 5, 2026, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM at the Sir Mark Tully Auditorium on Mathura Road in New Delhi, with live streaming on the club's social media platforms.

The event coincides with the second anniversary of the collapse of Hasina's 15-year rule. On August 5, 2024, student-led demonstrations against a controversial quota system evolved into a nationwide anti-government movement that forced Hasina from office. She left Bangladesh for India after protesters stormed and vandalised official buildings in Dhaka, bringing an abrupt end to her nearly 16-year rule.