Bangladesh hands prison terms to ex-PM Hasina, family in land graft case

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison and her niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to four years in jail in corruption cases tied to a government township project near the capital. Judge Mohammed Rabiul Alam of Special Judge’s Court-4 also imposed seven-year sentences on another niece, Azmina Siddiq, and a nephew, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, over their alleged roles in securing land at the Purbachal New Town Project near Dhaka.