Bangladesh’s interim authorities on Saturday banned the Awami League, the social gathering as soon as led by deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The choice was taken beneath the nation’s anti-terrorism legislation and is anticipated to be formalised by way of a gazette notification on the subsequent working day.The assertion from Muhammad Yunus’s workplace described the motion as a “assertion of the council of advisers”, referring to the Cupboard. The ban will keep in impact till the International Crimes Tribunal completes trials in opposition to the Awami League and a number of other of its high leaders. The tribunal will look at allegations linked to occasions main as much as and in the course of the Awami League’s rule, which ended following a preferred rebellion in July 2024.Officers stated the transfer was additionally aimed toward guaranteeing the protection of people who led the July rebellion, in addition to the complainants and witnesses concerned within the ICT trials. “The choice was taken within the curiosity of defending the nation’s safety and sovereignty,” the assertion learn.In a parallel improvement, the council of advisers chaired by interim chief Muhammad Yunus amended present laws governing the Worldwide Crimes Tribunal. The adjustments now permit the tribunal to prosecute not solely people but additionally whole political events, their entrance organisations, and affiliated our bodies.The Awami League, based in 1949, has been one of the vital influential political forces in Bangladesh. It spearheaded the autonomy motion for Bengalis in the course of the period of East Pakistan and performed a central function within the 1971 Liberation Warfare.