Dhaka, May 9 -- As protesters rallied outside Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus's official residence demanding a ban on the recently deposed Awami League, Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has revealed that its fronts Swechchhasebak League and Jubo League would soon face similar action.

In a Facebook post on Thursday night, Asif said the process to ban these Awami League-affiliated organisations had begun roughly a week ago, with the official decision finalised several days earlier.

A leader of the July Uprising, Asif wrote at 10:45pm: "The Jubo League and the Swechchhasebak League, the affiliate organisations of the Awami League, are going to be banned. All the formalities have been processed a week ago and are now in the ...