DHAKA, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced ousted ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison for corruption related to the Dhaka's Purbachal New Town project.
The court in capital Dhaka also found her sister, Sheikh Rehana, and Rehana's daughter Tulip Siddiq, guilty and sentenced them to varying terms in prison.
Last month, a special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Hasina in absentia to death for crimes against humanity during the country's July uprising in 2024.
The tribunal has ordered 78-year-old Hasina to return from India and face trial. She is accused of ordering a violent police response to a student protest, which led to her being removed from power last year. ■