Bangladesh, Feb. 2 -- A court here today convicted ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and sentenced her to a total of 10 years' imprisonment, while her niece Tulip Siddiq was handed four years in jail, in two separate cases over irregularities in the allocation of two 10-katha plots under the RAJUK New Town Project.

Judge Robiul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 delivered the verdict at around 12:30 pm after commencing proceedings at 12:05 pm and reading out the judgment from 12:09 pm.

In one of the cases, the court also sentenced Tulip's sister Azmina Siddiq and brother Radwan Mujib Siddiq to seven years' imprisonment each. News BSS

The court fined five convicts Taka one lakh each in each of the cases, directing them to suffer six ...