Top business leaders meet Fakhrul, express 'concerns' in trade sector ahead of UNGA visit

Top business leaders of Bangladesh have held a meeting with BNP senior leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir just before his visit to the United Nations General Assembly with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus. The meeting, held on Sunday afternoon at the BNP chairperson’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan, lasted for about an hour and a half. The leaders raised concerns about multiple business sectors, focusing particularly on the country’s transition from Least Developed Country (LDC) status and proposed amendments to labour laws. Alongside the BNP secretary general, the party’s Standing Committee members Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and chairperson's advisory council member SM Fazlul Haque were in attendance. The business leaders who attended the meeting included Mahmud Hasan Khan, president of the Bangladesh...