| Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League | |
| Native Name: | বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী স্বেচ্ছাসেবক লীগ |
| Colorcode: | green |
| President: | Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Shachchu (Acting President) |
| General Secretary: | Afzalur Rahman Babu |
| Foundation: | 27 July 1994 |
| Ideology: | Bengali nationalism |
| Headquarters: | 23, Bangabondhu Avenue, Dhaka |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Founder: | AFM Bahauddin Nasim |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League is an associate body and the volunteer wing of the Bangladesh Awami League. Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Shachchu is the Acting President[1] [2] and Afzalur Rahman Babu the general secretary of the organization.[3]
Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League was founded on 27 July 1994.[4] [5] It traces its origin to the Swechchhasebak Bahini founded in 1949 at the establishment of the Awami League by Zillur Rahman.[6]
In 2008, Pankaj Debnath, General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League was sentenced to jail for corruption by a special anti-corruption court established in the MP hostel of the Jatiya Sangshad complex by the Caretaker Government during the 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.[7] [8] He is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Barisal-4.[9]
On 25 November 2013, Rabiul Islam, the General Secretary of Deyara Union unit of Awami Swecchasebak League was killed in clashes with Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters after they called a strike.[10] Swechasabak League organized an exhibition on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, called "History Speaks Up", at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on 15 August 2012.[11] President of Sadarghat, Chittagong unit of Swechasebak League, Ibrahim Manik, was shot dead in December 2016 in Chittagong.[12] On 1 August 2018, they bought out a procession of light in memory of former president Mujib in a lead up to marking his assassination in August.[13]
On 13 December 2018, Asadul Islam Ershad, General Secretary of Muladholi Union unit of the Awami Swechasebak League, was killed in general election-related violence.[14]