Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- Former City Minister Tulip Siddiq is bracing for renewed calls to resign from Parliament if a Dhaka court hands her a prison sentence on Monday in a high-profile corruption case that has already toppled her political career in the UK.

The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 is set to deliver its verdict in a case involving 17 accused, among them former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and Siddiq. Prosecutors allege the group manipulated the allocation of a 10-katha plot in the RAJUK Purbachal New Town Project. Judge Robiul Alam fixedthe judgement date for December 1 after both sides closed arguments last week.

Ms Siddiq, 43, is accused of urging her aunt, the now-ousted Prime Minister Hasina, to secure pl...