Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami

 Dhaka: Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of the organization, have been banned in Bangladesh.  Following the anti-reservation agitation in the country, the action is under the Anti-Terrorism Act.  The ban followed the discovery of a conspiracy to unleash violence.  Student organizations denied this.  The ban comes as Jamaat-e-Islami is barred from contesting elections in Bangladesh.  Around 150 people were killed in the nearby protest.