The anti-corruption minister spoke at an event organised by the “propaganda” arm of her aunt’s authoritarian regime. Tulip Siddiq is under increasing scrutiny over her relationship to the former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in August 2024 amid accusations of human rights abuses and violent suppression of dissent and the media. Investigators in Dhaka have ordered financial institutions in the country to provide them with transaction details for Siddiq and other members of Hasina’s family as part of a probe into the former ruler. Siddiq spoke at an event organised by the Centre for Research and Information months after being elected in 2015On Monday Siddiq, who retains the full confidence of the prime minister, referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards following revelations she had been given property by supporters of her aunt’s regime. She has repeatedly insisted

Source: bd News24 January 07, 2025 23:33 UTC