Bangladesh ’s interim government said it will request the Interpol to bring back former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to face trial for “crime against humanity”. The interim government’s law advisor Asif Nazrul said the government would request the France-based organisation to issue a “red notice” alert for Ms Hasina and her loyalists.

Rival political groups of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday thwarted a plan by her Awami League party to hold a rally in Bangladesh’s capital, seen as a potential first effort to make a comeback on the streets since she fled the country in August amid a mass uprising.