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Hundreds of student activists hold protest in Dhaka's Shahbagh demanding ban on Awami League

Hundreds of student activists hold protest in Dhaka's Shahbagh demanding ban on Awami League

Dhaka, May 10 (UNI) Hundreds of student activists and leaders of the National Citizens' Party (NCP), affiliated to the powerful Students Against Discrimination body - which toppled the Sheikh Hasina government in August last year, are holding a sit-in in Dhaka’s Shahbagh intersection demanding a ban on the Awami League.
National Citizen Party (NCP) convenor Hasnat Abdullah has declared a road blockade unless the Hasina's Awami League party is formally banned.
The call triggered mass mobilisation, with thousands of NCP and Students Against Discrimination (SAD) supporters flooding the area in protest, with Saturday being the second day of their protest.

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