UK minister resigns after being named in Bangladesh corruption probe

Anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq quits amid questions over ties to the country’s toppled leader, her aunt Sheikh Hasina.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/uk-minister-resigns-after-being-named-in-bangladesh-corruption-probe

The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption has resigned after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the toppled prime minister of Bangladesh.

Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and >Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week that he had full confidence in her.