Britain’s anti-corruption minister has resigned amid a controversy over links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina who is the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister

Tulip Siddiq has resigned as the UK’s treasury minister after being under the scanner for her close ties to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Labour MP has been accused of corruption

Tulip Siddiq resigned as Britain’s anti-corruption minister after Bangladesh’s anti-graft agency said she was being probed for – corruption.

Ailing former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia has flown to London for long-sought medical treatment, a party spokesman said, months after a student-led revolution ousted a government that had prevented her from travelling abroad.

The air ambulance ferrying the former prime minister departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:47pm

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,

Zia was sentenced to 17 years in jail under Hasina’s rule following two corruption ... aboard a special air ambulance sent by Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.

The calls started growing after Bangladesh’s current Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus condemned the use of properties she allegedly received through her aunt, who is facing her own share of legal scrutiny

The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate is facing an investigation in Bangladesh and resigned from her government job over links to her aunt.

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was admitted to a specialised hospital in London on Wednesday for advanced treatment. Scroll down for more updates.

Tulip Siddiq, the United Kingdom's anti-corruption minister and niece of deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned from her government post. Siddiq's resignation comes amid growing calls for her to resign over alleged involvement in corruption investigations concerning her family.

One of Britain's most renowned barristers, Desmond Browne KC, advised deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's regime, following a damning exposé on state corruption, reports The Sunday Times. The matter came to light after The Sunday Times found a crumpled document in Sheikh Hasina's bedroom in her ransacked former residence in Dhaka which revealed that Browne agreed to meet the officials.