India, May 13 -- Bangladesh Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, effectively barring the longest ruling political outfit in the country's history from contesting the next general polls.

Akhtar Ahmed, senior secretary of the Election Commission, confirmed the development to Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star.

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The decision was taken at a meeting held at the EC secretariat, he said.

Speaking on the ground under which the registration of the party has been banned, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told the newspaper: "We have taken this step in continuation of the notification issued by the Minist...