Bangladesh's Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be arrested on her return as she had already been convicted by a court.

On her possible return, the minister told journalists in Dhaka that any opportunity to surrender or appeal would be determined by the courts.

He said the government wanted her extradited from India under the bilateral treaty and had sent reminders after the interim government first sought her extradition.

"We want her back, and we want her to face justice," said the minister.

Meanwhile, he said Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League party will also face trial.

Hasina resigned as prime minister amid nationwide political chaos and fled to India on Aug. 5, 2024.

Bangladesh's previous interim government had subsequently sent a diplomatic note to New Delhi requesting the return of the country's former prime minister.

A special tribunal in Bangladesh, in November 2025, sentenced Hasina in absentia to death for crimes against humanity during the country's July uprising in 2024.