Dozens of Awami League activists arrested in Bangladesh as party marks founding anniversary defying ban
Dozens of activists of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s now-disbanded Awami League party were arrested overnight as they staged sporadic street marches to mark the party’s 77th founding anniversary in defiance of a nationwide security ban, authorities said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). Founded on June 23, 1949, when present-day Bangladesh was East Pakistan, the…