ALLEGATIONS AND VERDICTA special court in Dhaka on Monday found Tulip guilty of “manipulating and influencing” her aunt, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to secure government plots for members of her immediate family. Prosecutors said Tulip used her influence to persuade Hasina to arrange land allocations for Tulip’s mother Sheikh Rehana and her two siblings. Tulip, Hasina and Rehana were each fined Tk 100,000, with another six months’ imprisonment if unpaid. The Times reported that in the same corruption case Hasina and Rehana were sentenced to five and seven years respectively. When Labour sought a new leader again in early 2020, Tulip was among the earliest MPs to publicly endorse Starmer, reported The Telegraph.
