FBCCI polls halted for 2 months

The High Court today stayed for two months the process of holding the election of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

The HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das passed the order in response to a writ petition that claimed that the businessman nominated from Mymensingh division for the director post was not included in the voter list.

The FBCCI election was scheduled to be held on May 14.

Aminul Huq, president of Mymensingh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, filed the writ petition saying that there are anomalies in the voter list as his name was not included in the list, Barrister Boddroddozza Badal, the petitioner’s lawyer, told The Daily Star.