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Awami League (AL)
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- Abbreviation AL
- President Sheikh Hasina
- Founder Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Yar Mohammad Khan
- Founded 23 June 1949 (1949-06-23), (as East Pakistan Awami Muslim League), 26 March 1971, (current Form), 4 April 1977, (reorganized)
- Headquarters 23 Bangabandhu Avenue, Dhaka
- Ideology Bengali Nationalism, Third Way, Secularism
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Awami League (AL) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 07 Feb 2025
Bangladesh Awami League: A History of Power and Controversy The Bangladesh Awami League (Awami League), founded in 1949 as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League, is Bangladesh's oldest surviving political party. Initially conceived as a socialist alternative to the Muslim League's dominance, it quic...
AWAMI LEAGUE NEWS
Awami League ban: An inflexion point in Bangladesh’s politics
May 15, 2025 6:32 pm
With the exception of India, the ban has elicited no response from external powers. Muhammad Yunus seems to be enjoying support domestically and internationally
Awami League ban: Backsliding in Dhaka
May 14, 2025 7:27 am
Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s decision to invoke an anti-terrorism law to suspend all activities of Awami League is disquieting.
Bangladesh Election Commission suspends registration of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League
May 13, 2025 8:36 am
The move by the election commission comes after the country’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, banned all activities of the Awami League.
Bangladesh bans Sheikh Hasina's Awami League under anti-terrorism law
May 11, 2025 12:33 am
The decision follows days of mass protests and blockades in Dhaka by activists of the newly-formed National Citizen Party (NCP), a student-led outfit that emerged from last year’s uprising which toppled Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year rule.
If the Awami League has to revive itself in Bangladesh
March 17, 2025 1:05 pm
Then it has to begin with a few steps in the right direction — firstly, an acknowledgement of the crimes committed by the deposed Sheikh Hasina regime.
It's for people to decide if Awami League is 'pro-Bangladesh'. A ban won't help democracy
February 03, 2025 5:42 pm
If, at all, the Awami League is to be dissipated, it has to be routed in a free and fair election, without which a new ruling dispensation will not have political legitimacy
Muhammad Yunus should leave, ask all to fight polls… only way out, India can help: Awami League leader
January 24, 2025 7:43 am
Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal: He has no authority to sit on the chair, he is not a leader, not a political figure. A very strange thing has happened to our country. Bangladesh has become a strange example.
Why Tulip Siddiq, Sheikh Hasina’s niece, resigned as UK minister
January 16, 2025 2:33 am
Siddiq resigned as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister amidst growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh court issues second arrest warrant against ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
January 06, 2025 5:26 pm
This was the second arrest warrant by the ICT against Sheikh Hasina. The tribunal has so far recorded three cases against her.
Bangladesh's EC to probe Awami League-era national elections
January 05, 2025 2:15 am
The CEC issued written directives, asking regional officials to identify past irregularities and deficiencies and report their findings to the EC secretariat.
