Tag: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

By Mutasim Billah DHAKA, Bangladesh : With parliamentary elections looming this December, Bangladesh's largest Islamist party has been effectively barred from competing, the country's electoral authority announced late Monday Bangladesh’s Election Commission cancelled the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party, in a new notice. “The commission secretariat issued a notification on Sunday after it recently got the full order of the High Court” -- the lower division of the Supreme Court -- Helal Uddin Ahmed, the commission’s secretary, confirmed to Anadolu Agency. The notice was issued on Sunday but only announced on...