(Bloomberg) -- Bangladesh’s interim government withdrew a ban on the country’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, reversing a decision by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime.
The authorities did not find any “specific evidence” of involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami and its associated organization Islami Chhatra Shibir in violence or any subversive activity, according to a notice issued by the home ministry Wednesday.
An interim administration led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus was formed in Bangladesh after Hasina, one of Asia’s longest-serving leaders, resigned and fled the country on Aug. 5 under pressure from millions who took to streets demanding her ouster. Under the constitution, an election needs to be called within 90 days, although a date is yet to be announced.
The latest notice rescinds the ban imposed on Jamaat-e-Islami four days before Hasina’s government collapsed.
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