Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal. File Photo

DHAKA, Mar 25, 2026 (BSS) – Supreme Court senior lawyer Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal has been appointed as the 18th Attorney General of Bangladesh.

According to a gazette notification signed by the Acting Secretary SM Ersahadul Alam of the Solicitor Wing of the Law and Justice Division by order of the President, the appointment was made under Article 64(1) of the Constitution and will remain effective until further orders. 

The order came into effect immediately.

Barrister Kazal completed his SSC from Maheshpur High School in Jhenaidah in 1986 and HSC from Jessore Cantonment College in 1988. He later obtained his LLB (Honours) and LLM degrees from the University of Dhaka. He subsequently earned his Bar-at-Law qualification from Lincoln’s Inn in the United Kingdom.

He served as Second Secretary at the Bangladesh High Commission in London from 2003 to 2006. Since 2020, he has been serving consecutively as Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association. He also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council, the regulatory body for lawyers in the country.