Bangladesh’s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Bangladesh has banned Awami League, the oldest and one of the largest political parties of the country, to protect the ...

Ban could raise concerns of democratic freedoms in Bangladesh and that Dhaka may be drawing closer to Pakistan, analysts say.

This is not the first time the AL is facing political extinction. Can it survive this blow as it did several times in the ...

Bangladesh’s former ruling party has accused the interim government of “stoking division” and trampling on “democratic norms” ...

Dhaka’s interim government’s media in-charge snaps back after external affairs ministry flags action on deposed prime ...

The Commission’s decision, announced on Monday, came shortly after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a formal directive ...

Bangladesh on Monday officially disbanded deposed premier Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League under an overnight revised anti-terrorism law, two days after Muhammad Yunus’s interim government slapped a ban ...

The interim government in Bangladesh has banned all activities of the former ruling Awami League party headed by former ...

The party said it rejected the Muhammad Yunus government’s decision, adding that it would continue its activities.

Protesters, some who were injured in protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year, demand a ban on her Awami League party, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 11, 2025. Credit ...

The Awami League is one of two major parties in Bangladesh, which has a fractious parliamentary democracy with a violent history of coups and political assassination. Hasina, the daughter of ...