Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- The Bangladesh government has issued a notice banning anti-independence party Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir for their 'crimes against humanity in 1971' and allegations of 'terrorist activities' during the violence surrounding the quota protest movement.

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the notice on Thursday afternoon dubbing Jamaat and its affiliates as 'terrorist groups' under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009.

It is the second time the party has been banned. Its first ban was 50 years ago in 1972 for 'misusing religion for political purposes'.

During Ziaur Rahman's rule, the Jamaat regained its political rights, but demands for its ban had emerged as early as the 1990s from the movement led...