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Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 10 years in jail

Updated on: 03 February,2026 07:49 AM IST  |  Dhaka
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A Dhaka court sentenced deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in two corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in land allocations under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 10 years in jail

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A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.

Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court Handed 79-year-old Hasina 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for using her official influence in allocating residential plots to others, including her niece, UK Labour MP and former British minister Tulip Siddiq, under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol on the outskirts of the capital.


Judge Robiul Alam simultaneously handed down Hasina’s two nieces and a nephew, to different prison terms. Siddiq’s younger sister, Azaman Siddiq and brother Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby were sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment, while the deposed premier and her relatives were handed down the prison terms after trial in absentia.



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