Dhaka, May 31 -- Some 50.16 per cent or 783 votes have been cast at Dhaka, while 64.36 or 195 voters cast their votes in Chattogram until noon to elect the next board of directors for the apparel apex body -- BGMEA.

A total of 1,835 voters--- 1561 in Dhaka and 303 in Chattogram--are expected to cast their votes, and there is slow vote casting in the morning.

The biennial elections of the apparel apex body-- BGMEA-- for the term of 2025-27 begin today (Saturday) in the morning in Dhaka and Chattogram.

Vote casting has started from 8:00 am and will continue until 5:00 pm at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka and Radisson Blu Hotel in Chattogram simultaneously.

People present at the place said the presence of voters has increased a...