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

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

A day after India has formally expressed concern over the ban imposed on Awami League in Bangladesh, Bengal BJP and religious ...

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

Election Commission suspends Awami League from elections Move follows interim government ban of Awami League over security threat Political unrest follows deadly protests, PM Hasina's exile DHAKA ...

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

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the country’s other main political party that is headed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, had previously opposed the proposal to ban the Awami League party.

The Ministry of External Affairs has expressed concern over the recent ban on Bangladesh's Awami League under a revised ...

Bangladesh’s interim government on Saturday took the decision to ban the activities of the Awami League, the oldest political ...

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 ...

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

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 ...