The British-trained barrister, 40, is one of Bangladesh's so-called "disappeared ... Hasina is also the aunt of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq - who resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's anti-corruption minister last week after a slew of corruption ...
But are the allegations against the British MP politically motivated? Is the Yunus-led interim government settling scores with Hasina?
The interim government of Bangladesh is moving to remove Saima Wazed, daughter of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from her WHO role amid corruption allegations. Amid this turmoil, UK politics sees a related resignation,
These changes make this an opportune moment for Sir Keir Starmer to re-engage with the EU. Next weekend the prime minister will attend his first informal summit with other European leaders in Brussels,
The prime minister’s office said the two leaders agreed to meet soon and discussed trade, the economy and the Middle East.
However, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Bangladesh is investigating her for alleged corruption charges. An official stated, "ACC has taken necessary steps to remove Saima Wazed from WHO. All preparations have been finalized to send letters to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take measures to remove her."
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government has started preparations to remove Saima Wazed, the daughter of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from the post of World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia.
Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator.
The interim government of Bangladesh has begun making the arrangements to remove the daughter of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Saima Wazed from her post of Regional Director for South-East Asia in World Health Organization.
Ministers will be expected to set out the growth credentials of new policies in order to get approval from their Cabinet colleagues, in a shake-up to the usual system to get “collective agreement” on substantive changes. The Prime Minister has asked Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald to implement the changes.
Last year, Ms Ribeiro-Addy - the MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill - publicly rebuked Sir Keir over his reluctance to discuss reparations at a Commonwealth summit. In today's announcement by the Department for Business and Trade, it was confirmed that Lord Ian Austin of Dudley was re-appointed as trade envoy to Israel.
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