Awami League rejects its ban by B'desh govt, vows to continue ops
Bangladesh’s ex-PM Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League on Sunday rejected “with disgust” the interim government’s decision to ban the party and vowed to continue its operations despite the restriction. Formed in 1949, the Awami League led the movement for the autonomy of Bengalis in the then East Pakistan for decades and eventually led the Liberation War in 1971.