Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death over a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last year.

A Bangladesh court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her niece, UK MP Tulip Siddiq, in a land scam case. Hasina received a five-year term, Siddiq two years, and Hasina's sister seven years.

A Bangladesh court sentenced Sheikh Rehana, sister of former premier Sheikh Hasina, to seven years in prison on Monday for corruption in a case involving the grabbing of lucrative plots in the capital.

The 43-year-old had resigned as a Treasury minister in British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Cabinet earlier this year as the allegations of corruption against her family hit worldwide headlines.

The sentence to death against Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity is seen as a chance for national healing after the violent uprising last year that killed hundreds and ended her 15-year rule.

A Bangladesh court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison for land corruption. Her niece, British MP Tulip Siddiq, received a two-year sentence, and Hasina's sister, Sheikh Rehana,

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death by a special tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity in relation to the fatal crackdown on a student uprising last year that led to the end of her 15-year rule.

A commission investigating the 2009 BDR mutiny says former Premier Sheikh Hasina ordered the killings that left 74 people dead, including senior army officers

"Hasina carried out the massacre to serve Indian interests and extend her hold on power," Rakin Ahmed Bhuiyan, son of slain BDR chief Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, said at the event titled "BDR Investigation Commission Report: Families' Reactions" at Dhaka's Mohakhali Rawa Club.