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UK Minister Quits After Being Named In Probe Against Sheikh Hasina In Bangladesh

January 14, 2025 admin

London: Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the UK government Tuesday after being named in graft probes in Bangladesh launched when her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted as the country’s leader. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Siddiq repeated she had done nothing wrong but said continuing in office would likely “be a…

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Bangladesh Files Corruption Cases Against Hasina, Her Family, UK Minister

January 13, 2025 admin

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder….

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Muhammad Yunus asks U.K. to investigate ‘graft scandal’ of British Minister Tulip Siddiq, Sheikh Hasina’s niece

January 12, 2025 admin

British Minister Tulip Siddiq. File photo: PA via AP “Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has called for an investigation into the properties of British Minister Tulip Siddiq and her family, indicating that they may have acquired them through unlawful means during her aunt Sheikh Hasina’s tenure as Bangladesh premier,” reports said on Sunday (January 12, 2025.)…

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