Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus says that the Awami League has been removed from the Election Commission's list of registered parties and will not be able to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections.

However, February's election will still be an inclusive and participatory one, he said in a meeting with British Minister for International Development Baroness Jenny Chapman at the State Guest House Jamuna on Thursday.

"The election will be participatory. There will be a big turnout," he said, adding that millions of young people will be casting their first ballots "as they had no opportunity to vote during the three rigged general elections over the 16-year-long autocracy", according to a statement from the Chief Adviso...