Controversial in her own right, Hasina is also the aunt of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq - who resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's anti-corruption minister last week after a slew of corruption allegations that she denied.

Britain's Keir Starmer faced fresh pressure Monday to sack his anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, as Bangladesh's graft watchdog filed new cases against her and her aunt, the country's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina.

Siddiq earlier had referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards when media reports brought to light that the London properties she lived in had been gifted by Awami League. In her letter to the authorities,

Mel Stride says accusations over properties linked to former Bangladeshi regime have made it ‘really impossible’ for minister to do job

Sir Keir Starmer is being called to sack anti-corruption minister, Tulip Siddiq, after she was named in an investigation which claims members of her family embezzled just under four billion pounds from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh. So, what is Tulip Siddiq accused of and what has the prime minister said about the scandal?

Tulip Siddiq has become the third high-profile figure to leave Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Government since the party's election victory in July last year.

She is suspected by Bangladesh of siphoning funds from infrastructural projects. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the government’s anti-corruption minister. In a fresh blow for Keir Starmer, she said she did not want to be a “distraction from the work of the government” following the controversy over her links to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who is the former prime minister of Bangladesh.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced fresh pressure Monday to sack his anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq, amid accusations over her family ties to Bangladesh's toppled premier.

Michael Saunders, a former member of the BoE's monetary policy committee which sets interest rates, said the latest inflation figure would be "some help" in trying to ease some of the worries over the UK economy - more on that in our next post.

SIR Keir Starmer is defying calls to sack his embattled anti-corruption minister despite mounting pressure. Tulip Siddiq’s campaign materials were discovered among luxury items and confidential

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from her role amis a corruption probe in Bangladesh.