India, Feb. 10 -- Bangladesh's opposition-turned-frontrunner Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has continued its attack on India over former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's continued stay in New Delhi, demanding that she be returned to face charges at home - even as the party's newly-released election manifesto calls for cooperative ties with neighbours for "collective progress".

With national elections scheduled for February 12, the BNP has made Hasina's extradition a central campaign theme, arguing that India's continued sheltering of the ousted Awami League leader undermines Bangladesh's justice process and sovereignty. At the same time, the BNP, the party of the late Khaleda Zia, has a manifesto that signals that it wants structured,...