DHAKA, Aug 4, 2021 (BSS) – The government has formed a 15-member ad-hoc committee to run Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory autonomous body that monitors and controls the lawyers in the country, till June 30, 2022.

The Law and Justice Division has issued a gazette notification in this regard on August 3, an official release said here today.

Law and Justice Division Secretary Md Golam Sarwar said the ‘Ad-hoc Bar Council’ was formed by the power given by the Paragraph (8) of The Bangladesh Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Order, 1972 (President's Order No 46 of 1972).

The Attorney General will act as the chairman of the committee. The members of the committee are senior advocates Eusuf Hossain Humayun, Abdul Baset Mazumder, Syed Rezaur Rahman, Mokhlesur Rahman Badol, HAM Zahirul Islam Khan (ZI Khan Panna), Shah Md Khasruzzaman, Md Qamrul Islam, Qazi Najibullah Heru from Dhaka Bar Council, Mojibul Haque from Chattogram Bar Council, AFM Ruhul Anam Chowdhury Mintu from Sylhet Bar Council, Kabir Uddin Bhuiyan from Mymensingh Bar Council, Pervej Islam Khan from Khulna Bar Council, Md Yahia from Rajshahi Bar Council and Md Abdur Rahman from Sirajganj Bar Council.

According to the gazette notification, this ad-hoc council would complete election by May 31, 2022, and the elected committee will take its office on July 1, 2022.

The law and justice division secretary said the Ad-hoc Bar Council has been formed as the scheduled election of the Bar Council was not held due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.