All news on the topic: Sheikh Hasina

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Exiled Sheikh Hasina vows return to Bangladesh despite death sentence
Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender.
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Bangladesh court orders Interpol red notice for UK MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption case
A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice for the arrest of United Kingdom Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Bangladesh’s first female prime minister dies aged 80
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, died in Dhaka on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80.
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Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death by Bangladesh war crimes tribunal over crackdown on student protests
A Bangladesh war crimes court on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on last year’s student-led uprising.
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Investigation reveals Tulip Siddiq possesses Bangladeshi passport and NID
Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, a British Labour MP and niece of Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, possesses a Bangladesh national identity card despite frequently asserting that she is solely a British citizen.
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, son and daughter face corruption trials over disputed land allocation
Bangladesh’s ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her children face corruption charges over disputed land deals as trials proceed amid tight security.
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UK freezes £90 million worth of London assets linked to family of ex-adviser to Sheikh Hasina
Two men linked to Sheikh Hasina prevented from selling properties, including apartments in Grosvenor Square
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Tulip Siddiq under investigation in Bangladesh over abuse of power and embezzlement claims
Former City minister Tulip Siddiq, who resigned in January, is under investigation in Bangladesh along with her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who was removed from the position of Prime Minister last year.
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UN suggests Bangladesh protest crackdown could constitute a crime against humanity
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.
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Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigns due to links with a corrupt foreign leader
Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, saying questions about her links with her aunt’s political party in Bangladesh had become a ‘distraction’.
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Tulip Siddiq is under a new corruption investigation in Bangladesh
Sir Keir Starmer facing growing calls to sack his anti-corruption minister, who referred herself to standards watchdog last week.
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Tulip Siddiq could lose job over housing allegations, says cabinet member
Labour frontbencher Tulip Siddiq is coming under increasing pressure over her links to her aunt and ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing and referred herself for an investigation.
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Money trail raises questions about deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire
Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UK
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina flees, army says interim government to be formed
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her ouster.