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Bangladesh’s interim government lifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami party

Jamaat-e-Islami members and supporters join a rally at the Institute of Engineers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, calling for the release of party chief Shafiqur Rahman and other leaders and measures to control inflation [File: Monirul Alam/EPA]

Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has lifted a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami party that was imposed under an antiterrorism law.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday revoked the ban on the country’s largest Muslim party, put in place in the last days of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s administration accusing its members of fomenting unrest during the student uprising that led to her resignation.

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