DHAKA: The Bangladesh Election Commission has reinstated the registration and symbol - 'daripalla' (weighing scales) - of the ...

Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies as “militant and terrorist” organizations as part of a nationwide crackdown following weeks ...

Key leader freed. The Supreme Court decision on Jamaat-e-Islami came after it overturned a conviction against ATM Azharul Islam, one of the party’s key leaders, on Tuesday.

Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a "militant and terrorist" organization as part of a nationwide crackdown ...

At issue is Jamaat-e-Islami, a hard-line Islamist group intricately tied to terrorism.The roots of Jamaat-e-Islami date to 1941. The Muslim Brotherhood inspired its founder, Syed Abul Ala Maududi ...

Jamaat-e-Islami party lawyer, Shishir Monir, said the Supreme Court's decision would allow a "democratic, inclusive and multi-party system" in the Muslim-majority country of 170 million people.

FILE - A lawyer for Jamaat-e-Islami speaks after a Bangladesh court dismissed a bid to flip the cancellation of the party's registration with the Election Commission, in Dhaka, Nov. 19, 2023.

Jamaat-e-Islami is banned, but questions reverberate across political spectrum . It’s uncertain whether the banned party's leaders and activists will join another party or create a new one.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies as "militant and terrorist" organizations as part of a nationwide ...

Bangladesh has banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a “militant and terrorist” organization as part of a nationwide crackdown ...

Since July 15, at least 211 people have died and more than 10,000 people were arrested across the country. The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday rejected the decision in a statement, calling it ...