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.

The Election Commission (EC) has suspended Awami League’s registration after the interim government banned all activities of the party headed by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. After a ...

The decision to suspend the Awami League’s registration and bar it from participating in the polls is concerning. No matter how serious the allegations against the former prime minister and her party, ...

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

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

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jatiya Party, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSaD) and Gono Odhikar Parishad have expressed mixed reactions.

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

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

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

The Awami League leaders were charged with committing crimes against humanity over the deaths of hundreds of people during ...