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{{Short description|Youth wing of the Bangladesh Awami League party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox political youth organization
| name =Bangladesh Awami Jubo League
| native_name = বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ
| colorcode=green
| logo =
| caption =
| logo2= [[File:Bangladesh Awami Jubo League Flag.svg|220px]]
| president =
| chairman = Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash
| national chairman =
| national co-chairman =
| secretary2 =
|secretary general=[[Md Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil]]| treasurer =
| honorary president =
| founded = {{start date and age|1972|11|11|df=yes}}
| slogan = ''[[Joy Bangla (slogan)|Joy Bangla]], Joy Bangabandhu''<br />('Victory to [[Bengal]], victory to [[Bangabandhu]]')
| ideology = [[Mujibism]], [[Bengali nationalism]]
| dissolved = {{start date and age|2025|05|12|df=yes}} (Banned)
| mother party =[[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| website ={{URL|www.jlbd.org/en/home}}
}}

The '''Bangladesh Awami Jubo League''' ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ}}) commonly known as the '''Jubo League''', is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by [[Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani]]. It is the youth wing of [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. The Jubo League's last chairman was Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and the last General Secretary was [[Md Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:যুবলীগের চেয়ারম্যান ওমর ফারুক, সম্পাদক হারুন |trans-title=Jubo League chairman Omar Faruque, secretary Harun |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-07-14/news/273583 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=14 July 2012 |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904140727/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-07-14/news/273583 |archive-date=4 September 2012}}</ref>

==History==
The Jubo league was founded on 11 November 1972 by [[Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani]].<ref name="independent2002">{{cite news |title=Jubo League founding day observed |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=12 November 2002}}</ref> On 12 May 2025, the government of Bangladesh banned all activities of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt bans activities of AL until ICT trial completion |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/govt-bans-activities-al-until-ict-trial-completion-3892976|access-date=12 May 2025 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=12 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512174606/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/govt-bans-activities-al-until-ict-trial-completion-3892976 |archive-date=12 May 2025 }}</ref>

==Controversies==
* [[Rapid Action Battalion]] (RAB) on 23 May 2015, arrested a Jubo League activist from Basanterbagh village, Begumganj Upazila, [[Noakhali District]] with an illegal gun.<ref name="Jubo League man hacked to death">{{cite news |title=Jubo League man hacked to death|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/jubo-league-man-hacked-death-86257 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[Detective Branch]] (DB) of the local police arrested Gias, a Jubo League leader in Kotwali area, Chittagong for involvement in the murder of security guard of Al Arafah Islami Bank's Muradpur Branch during an attempted robbery.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahmud|first1=Tarek|title=Jubo League leader, 3 others arrested for bank guard murder|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2015/may/16/jubo-league-leader-3-others-arrested-bank-guard-murder |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* Jubo League engaged in street fighting with [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]] over dropping of tender for government contract worth 100 million taka in [[Barisal City]]. About a dozen people were injured, including a journalist.<ref>{{cite news |title=BCL, Jubo League clash in Barisal|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bcl-jubo-league-clash-in-barisal-63325 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* The Jubo League expelled its Office Secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman, who went into hiding in the wake of the crackdown on illegal casinos, on charges of corruption in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/10/11/jubo-league-expels-office-secretary-kazi-anisur-for-alleged-corruption|title=Jubo League expels Office Secretary Kazi Anisur for alleged corruption|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref>
* The RAB arrested "Casino Emperor", Dhaka South Awami Jubo League President Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Shamrat, for his links to the illegal casino businesses in "his territory". Cases filed against him included casino-gambling, tender business and extortion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2019/10/07/3-cases-filed-against-samrat-arman|title=2 cases filed against Samrat, Arman|date=2019-10-07|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref> Despite being a staunch supporter of the Awami League, he was arrested at the home of an affluent [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/10/06/samrat-hid-himself-in-a-jamaat-leader-s-house|title=Samrat hid himself in a Jamaat leader's house|date=2019-10-06|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-10-15}}</ref>
*[[July massacre]]

==List of activists killed==
* Jahir Uddin, 30, was murdered in Kabirhat area in Begumganj upazila, Noakhali District, on 22 May 2015.<ref name="Jubo League man hacked to death"/>
* Akbar Ali, an activist of Jubo League was murdered in Begumganj upazila in Noakhali, on 20 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jubo League activist slaughtered in Noakhali|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2015/may/20/jubo-league-activist-slaughtered-noakhali |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* Kamal Uddin, 22, an activist of Jubo league of Lohagara upazila of Chittagong, was killed on 21 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ctg Jubo League activist hacked to death|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/ctg-jubo-league-activist-hacked-death-85969 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* Mohammad Yusuf, 35, president of Anderchar union unit Jubo League, was beaten to death in Laxmipur's Kamalanagar upazila on 5 March 2015 allegedly by political opponents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jubo League man killed, 50 injured|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/jubo-league-man-killed-50-injured-59169 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
* Md Mollah Arif, joint secretary of Jubo League's ward number 2 unit, was gunned down in [[Khilgaon]] on 8 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hasan|first1=Kamrul|title=Police: Jubo League leader Arif was killed for refusing to carry out illegal activity|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/98530/police-jubo-league-leader-arif-was-killed-for |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bangladesh Awami League}}

[[Category:Awami League wings]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Bangladesh]]

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Jubo League - Revision history

MaryellenBuckman at 17:02, 22 December 2025