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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets 21 years in jail for corruption

This picture taken on September 11, 2023, shows Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awaiting the arrival of France's President Emmanuel Macron. [AFP]

A court in Bangladesh sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday to 21 years in prison for corruption, a week after she was given the death penalty for crimes against humanity.

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