Bangladesh’s Yunus government bans Sheikh Hasina's Awami League under anti-terrorism law

Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, on Saturday evening formally banned the Awami League, the party of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country’s anti-terrorism law. The announcement came in a statement from the Council of Advisers, the advisory body leading the interim administration, which said the ban would be formalized through an official gazette notification on the next working day.

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