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The interim government in Bangladesh on Tuesday said it has no plans to ban any political organisations, including the Awami League headed by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
This was stated by Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman when he urged the High Court to summarily reject the writ petition that sought its order on the government to ban Awami League as a political party and cancel its registration...
The current government has no intention to ban any political organisation, Asaduzzaman told a High Court bench during a hearing on the writ petition, The Daily Star newspaper reported...
After the hearing, the bench fixed September 1 for passing an order on the matter, the report said.. Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiyan, executive director of rights organisation Sarda Society, submitted the petition as a PIL on August 19 seeking a High Court order to ban Awami League as a political party for indiscriminate killing of students during the protest in July..
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