Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A Dhaka court on Thursday has sentenced Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years imprisonment on corruption charges.

Dhaka's Special Judge - 5 Mohammd Abdullah Al Mamun announced the verdict of Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 21 years in prison, 7 years each, in three plot fraud cases.

Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed six separate cases against Sheikh Hasina and her family members last January for allegedly illegally allocating government's plots at Purbachal area in Dhaka. The verdict in the remaining three cases will be announced on December 1.

Court sentenced Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy to five years in prison and a fine of Tk 100,000. Court sentenced Sheikh Hasina's daugh...