Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged Tulip Siddiq, the UK’s economic secretary to the Treasury and the City minister and niece of deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to apologise for properties her family allegedly received as “gifts” during her aunt’s term. Yunus said Tulip should return the properties if investigations prove that she benefitted from alleged "plain robbery", according to The Sunday Times. He also noted the need to investigate properties linked to Tulip in the UK as part of corruption and embezzlement probes. Following Yunus’s comments, Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s opposition Conservative Party, called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to dismiss Tulip from her ministerial role. A spokesperson for Tulip dismissed the allegations, saying: "The suggestion that these properties are linked to her support for the Awami League is entirely false."

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2025 10:52 UTC