The MP, and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, received a two-year sentence in her absence over corruption allegations.

British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said a Bangladeshi court process which has sentenced her in absentia to two years in prison was "flawed and farcical" and said the verdict should be treated with contempt...

Siddiq, who represented London's Hampstead and Highgate areas in the UK Parliament, had earlier denied the allegations and said the trial was a farce built on "fabricated accusations and driven by a c...