Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- A Dhaka court has rejected the bail plea of journalist Anis Alamgir in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, bdnews24 reported.

The order was passed on Thursday by Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court-1 Judge Md Alamgir, lawyer Taslima Jahan Popy confirmed. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court had earlier also refused to grant bail.

Alamgir was taken to the Detective Branch (DB) office by police on December 14 for "questioning", bdnews24 reported.

Later that night, Ariyan Ahmed, who identified himself as a member of an organisation called the "July Revolutionary Alliance," filed a case against Alamgir and three others, accusing them of "conspiring to destabilise the state and inciting a banned ...