Mr Babar is the latest in a long line of politicians to be convicted
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar to 10 years in jail for illegally possessing firearms.
Mr Babar, a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was convicted of having several unlicensed firearms.
Meanwhile, there are reports that BNP members have reorganised their party and appointed a new acting leader.
Khaleda Zia is currently under arrest facing corruption charges.
Mr Babar was found guilty by a special tribunal set up by the military-backed interim government which has ruled Bangladesh since elections were postponed in January.
"He was sentenced to 10 years in jail for keeping a revolver illegally and another seven years for keeping 25 rounds of bullets illegally," said state prosecutor Kabir Hossain, the AFP news agency reports.
The two sentences will be served concurrently.
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