Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Bangladesh's interim foreign affairs adviser, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, has said Dhaka has little scope to force the return of deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina unless New Delhi agrees to extradite her.

Speaking to reporters at the foreign ministry on Wednesday, Hossain acknowledged Bangladesh's limitations, stating that India's consent remains the only determining factor in possible Hasina repatriation.

"If India does not agree to send her back, then there is nothing we can really do," he told the inquisitive journalists. "We can only try to convince them. Beyond that, no action is realistically possible."

His comments come a week after Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar suggested Hasina's continu...