Dhaka, May 13 -- In a move that sends shock waves through Bangladesh's political soul, the Election Commission has suspended the Awami League's registration, striking the country's oldest surviving political party from the list of contenders in future elections.

The thunderclap follows a sweeping ban by the interim government - a decree that silences every chant, cancels every rally, and forbids even a whisper from the party that once claimed credit for the nation's birth and ruled it for over two decades.

The Awami League, led by the now-deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is no longer just out of power - it is outlawed, prosecuted, and cast into political limbo under accusations of crimes against humanity.

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