The Tamesis
February 3, 2026
Dhaka – Justice Md Rabiul Alam of Dhaka’s Fourth Special Judge’s Court also sentenced Hasina’s other niece Azmina Siddiq and nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby to seven years in prison each in the two cases.
ACC prosecutor Mir Ahmed Ali Salam said the court announced the verdict at around 12:20 p.m.
In addition to Hasina and three of her family members, the court sentenced 11 other defendants to 10 years in prison and one defendant to 2 years in prison in two cases.
Additionally, six other defendants were sentenced to five years in prison in one case.
The court fined 14 defendants including Hasina and Tulip Tk 200,000 each; if they default, they will have to serve another year in jail.
It also imposed a fine of Tk 100,000 each on the remaining eight accused, including Azmina and Bobby; if they default, they will have to serve another six months in prison.
Hasina was sentenced to 26 years in prison for four corruption cases between November 27 and December 1 last year. Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, as well as sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip were also convicted in four separate cases.
According to court records, each case brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was completed within 15 hearings.
A total of 39 people testified in the case during the trial, court documents show.
The witnesses included three ACC officials, three assistant directors and an office assistant of Rajuk, a joint secretary and three employees of the Housing and Public Works Department, four employees of Dhaka North City Corporation and three employees of the Chief Counsel’s Office.
Besides Hasina, 78, and three of her family members, the accused include former minister of state for housing and public works Sharif Ahmed; former secretaries Shahid Ullah Khandaker and Kazi Washi Uddin; former additional secretary Md Oliullah; former administrative officer Saiful Islam Sarkar; and former senior assistant secretary of state Purabi Goldar.
The other accused are Rajuk’s former chairman Anisur Rahman Miah; former members Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Tanmoy Das, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Shamsuddin Ahmod Chowdhury and Nurul Islam; current director Kamrul Islam; former director Sheikh Shahinul Islam; former deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif; former assistant directors Mazharul Islam and Faria Sultana; and Mohammad Salahuddin, former secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Hasina was sentenced to 26 years in prison for four corruption cases between November 27 and December 1 last year. Her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, as well as sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip were also convicted in one of the four cases each.
The ACC filed six separate cases with its Dhaka Comprehensive Zone Office-1 from January 12 to 14 last year, alleging irregularities in the allocation of plots for the Purbachal New City project.
The ACC submitted six chargesheets to the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court on March 25 last year, and Hasina was named as a co-accused in all six cases.
On July 31 of the same year, 29 people including Hasina, Rehana, Joy, Putul, Bobby, Tulip and Azmina were charged in their respective cases.
The anti-corruption agency alleged that Hasina, in collusion with senior Lahok officials, illegally acquired six plots – each with 10 mantras – for herself, Puttur, Joy, Rehana, Bobby and Azmina in the diplomatic area of Sector 27 of the Purbachal New City project, even though they were not eligible under existing regulations.
ACC documents say Tulip influenced Hasina to acquire land for her mother, brother and sister.
