DHAKA: Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (78), who fled to India after resigning from power following anti-government protests, has been sentenced to death by a court in her own country. Hasina, who has been the Prime Minister of Bangladesh five times and has earned the reputation of being the most powerful female Prime Minister in South Asia, responded in India that she is not taking the verdict seriously.

Although there are calls in Bangladesh for Hasina to be extradited, India is unlikely to budge. India's response is that it will intervene constructively. Even though an extradition treaty has been signed, the India-Bangladesh treaty, Article 6 states that extradition may be refused if the offence is of a "political nature". This provision in the treaty, signed while Hasi

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