Bangladeshi interim cabinet bans all ousted Awami League party activities

Ban of former PM Sheikh Hasina's party under Anti-Terrorism Act will remain until trial over student deaths completes The interim government in Bangladesh has banned all activities of the former ruling Awami League party headed by former influential prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year in a mass uprising. Asif Nazrul, the country's law affairs adviser, said on Saturday the interim cabinet headed by Nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus decided to ban the party's activities ...