Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the UK government Tuesday after being named in graft probes in Bangladesh launched when her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was ousted as the country's leader.

London: The niece of Bangladesh’s deposed former leader Sheikh Hasina, Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, on Tuesday resigned as Treasury minister to prevent her family connections becoming a “distraction” for the work of the British government.

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from her role in Treasury "to avoid distraction for the Government" following a corruption probe in Bangladesh. The Labour MP's aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina,

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the government, saying questions about her links with her aunt’s political party in Bangladesh had become a ‘distraction’. Pressure had been building on the Labour MP for days,