Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her niece Tulip Siddiq, a Labour MP in the UK, were yesterday sentenced in absentia to varying jail terms over corruption in the allocation of Purbachal plots.

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Tulip used her power to get plots for her mother Rehana, brother Bobby, and sister Azmina.

Hasina sentenced to five years in prison, Rehana to seven years, and Tulip to two years

A special court is set to deliver a verdict today in the case filed over the Dhaka’s Purbachal plot scam against 17 people, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece British MP Tulip Siddiq.

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Hasina sentenced to 21 years; Joy and Putul jailed for five

The trials were completed quickly as 22 out of 23 accused did not appear before the court, says prosecution

A Dhaka court today refused to hear a petition filed seeking permission to defend Hasina in a corruption case

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against 18 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, on charges of irregularities in plot allocation in Purbachal New Town.