Bangladesh bans activities of ousted PM Hasina's party

Decision comes after days of street protests led by student-driven party

20250511 Bangladesh Awami League ban

People celebrate after the interim government officially banned all the activities of the Bangladesh Awami League, until the trial of the party and its leader, following the demand of the protesters, in Dhaka, May 10. © Reuters

DHAKA (Reuters) -- Bangladesh's interim government has banned all activities of the Awami League, the political party of deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country's Anti-Terrorism Act, citing national security concerns.

The decision, announced late Saturday, follows days of street protests led by the student-driven National Citizen Party, which emerged from last year's uprising that toppled Hasina.

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