DHAKA: Bangladesh imposed a complete ban on political activity on Thursday as the outgoing prime minister's son was remanded in custody after his arrest in an intensified anti-graft crackdown.

The military-backed interim government had outlawed all street protests, meetings or gatherings when emergency rule was imposed on January 11, but stopped short of banning so-called “indoor” political activities.” “But recently it has been observed that some political parties have been misusing this flexibility,” the government's home ministry said in a statement.

“Therefore, until further order, all political activities, including indoor politics, all kinds of rallies, meetings and gatherings, have been banned across the country,” it said.—AFP