Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain reiterated that India has yet to offer a positive response to Dhaka's formal request to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was recently sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

Speaking to reporters at Rangpur Circuit House on Friday morning, he said New Delhi is still examining Dhaka's letter.

"Sheikh Hasina is a convicted fugitive under the verdict of a Bangladeshi court. We have asked India to return her. But we haven't received a positive reaction from India yet.

These matters don't get resolved overnight. What we've seen from India so far is that they are scrutinising the issue," he said.

On 17 November, the International Crimes Tribunal handed down t...