Bangladesh bans activities of Awami League, the party of ousted PM Hasina | News

The move comes after a call for a commission to investigate the killing of protesters and establish national unity.

The interim government of Bangladesh has banned all activities of the party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year after a student-led uprising.

The interim cabinet, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, decided to ban the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Bangladesh’s law affairs adviser, Asif Nazrul, said late on Saturday.

The ban would…