Dr Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), on Saturday questioned how Tulip Siddiq, a British MP, represented Bangladesh in Russia despite not being a Bangladeshi citizen.
One of the biggest questions is why someone Siddiq’s ties was given the job of anti-corruption minister in the first place.
Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned, after growing pressure about allegations of corruption linked to her aunt, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi authorities have filed a criminal case against under fire City minister Tulip Siddiq, alleging that she has misused her position as a member of parliament to gain undue influence. She is also accused,
The Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate is facing an investigation in Bangladesh and resigned from her government job over links to her aunt.
Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. She had referred herself to the prime minister's standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, after questions about links to her aunt, who was ousted last year as Bangladesh's prime minister.
The family of Sheikh Hasina were at the forefront of the independence movement but were soon linked to allegations of corruption and authoritarianism.
Former anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been named in a third inquiry being launched by authorities in Bangladesh investigating money laundering and power misuse.
Independent adviser on ministerial standards says it is ‘regrettable’ Siddiq was ‘not more alert to the potential reputational risks’ of her close family’s association with Bangladesh
Sir Keir Starmer faced fresh calls from the Tories on Saturday to sack Ms Siddiq as a minister, as Bangladesh’s leader Muhammad Yunus called for an investigation into the properties to determine whether they were acquired through “plain robbery”.
How would Sir Keir Starmer have reacted in opposition, had a Conservative government appointed as its anti-graft minister someone whose ties to a corrupt and brutal overseas regime were subject to intense scrutiny?
Tulip Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing after being named in a corruption probe into her aunt, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina.