India, Oct. 29 -- Bangladesh's ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday opened up about the country's national election next year, the Awami League party, charges of crimes against humanity, and her plans to return home.

The 78-year-old leader fled from Dhaka in August last year after the deadly student-led protests against a civil service quota system in Bangladesh. Since her ouster, an interim government led by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been governing the country and has pledged to hold national elections in February 2027.

While Hasina has sent out messages via social media, this is the first time since her dramatic ouster from power after 15 consecutive years at the centre of Bangladeshi politics that she...