India, May 10 -- Bangladesh's interim government headed by chief advisor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday announced a ban on deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's party the Awami League.

Yunus's interim government announced that the Awami Leaue was being banned under an anti-terrorism law and said, "The official gazette notification will be issued in this regard on the next working day."

A statement of the council of advisers or the cabinet decided that the ban would remain effective until the completion of the "trial of the Awami League and its leaders in Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal in the interest of protecting the country's security and sovereignty".

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