Bangladesh : Yunus desperate for Hasina’s repatriation, stashing of huge cash from BD to Swiss bank accounts

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, June 24, 2025

Md Yunus, chief advisor of lawless Bangladesh’s illegitimate interim government, seems to be getting increasingly desperate to secure repatriation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from her safe sanctuary in India. In an interview with the BBC’s ‘Bangla Service’ Yunus said that his government is determined to bring Sheikh Hasina to justice through legal process on charge of crime against humanity. “We will approach all international avenues to ensure that she returns to Bangladesh to face trial on plethora of dangerous crimes she has committed against the nation; already charges have been framed against her in the international crime tribunal (ICT) and all that is required now is her repatriation from her hide-out” said Yunus. He did not spell out his plan with clarity but hinted that since government of India is unlikely to agree to repatriate Hasina international institutions and avenues will be approached to achieve this.

Yunus also evaded questions on largescale arrest and incarceration of leaders and workers of Awami League on cooked up charges but said that the cases against them will be processed through the judicial process. In his inimitable cunning style to deflect criticism on banning Awami League from participation in the next election to the national assembly, Yunus put the onus of allowing Awami League to take part in the election on the Election Commission. “The matter will be finally decided by the Election Commission but all I can say now is that the election will be inclusive and all eligible voters will be able to exercise their right to franchise ; Awami League had never allowed people to vote” said Yunus. Giving a new spin to his stand on Awami League he said that the party is yet to be banned but only restrictions have been imposed on their activities and programmes.

Meanwhile, illegal deposits of money from Bangladesh with the shady banks of Switzerland have registered a steep hike during the past ten months of Yunus’s interim rule. According to detailed statement put out by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on last June 15 illegal deposits from Bangladesh have gone up by 33% over the past ten months and reached 58.95 crores Swiss Francs. Sources from across the border said that illegal deposits from Bangladesh have been steadily rising over the past many years and it was a major charge against the Hasina led Awami League government but the unconstitutional interim government has crossed all past records. “All those running the so-called interim government including Yunus himself are corrupt to the bone , more corrupt than the ministers and leaders of the Awami League government and that is why the spike in illegal deposits overseas ; this will continue and Yunus does not have the ability or the inclination to stop this” sources said.

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