Bangladesh’s anti-money laundering agency requested information on the domestic bank accounts of UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq, who’s also the niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a potential precursor to a broader financial investigation.

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the Prime Minister’s ethics tsar following controversies over properties linked to her family and her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh.Sir Keir Starmer said the Treasury economic secretary had “acted entirely properly” in referring herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he had confidence in City Minister Tulip Siddiq, who is facing pressure to resign after being named in a financial corruption investigation in Bangladesh.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he retains confidence in his City minister, Tulip Siddiq, who has come under scrutiny over her ties to properties linked to allies of Bangladesh’s ousted former government.

The UK City minister Tulip Siddiq is under mounting pressure to resign after becoming embroiled in a scandal tied to the ousted Bangladesh government. The minister, who has responsibility for fighting corruption,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he had confidence in City minister Tulip Siddiq, who is facing pressure to resign after being named in a financial corruption investigation in Bangladesh.