Bangladesh, Sept. 4 -- A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petitions of former Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique and journalist Monjurul Alam Panna in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Metropolitan Magistrate Hasib Ullash Piyas made the decision after a hearing on Thursday.

On Aug 28, police took Latif, Panna, and 14 others into custody following a mob attack during a discussion on the Liberation War and the Constitution at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.

The next day, Shahbagh police showed them arrested in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act and sent them to jail.

On Wednesday, Latif's lawyers had withdrawn a bail plea due to the absence of his medical report.

On Thursday, lawyers Mohammad Kamrul Hossain and Iffat Jahan ...