Govt appoints 70 deputy attorney generals

Government through a gazette notification this afternoon has appointed 70 lawyers as deputy attorney generals (DAGs).

Of the seventy, 31 were freshly appointed, 32 were reappointed and seven
were promoted from assistant attorney generals to deputy attorney generals,
Law Ministry Spokesperson Dr Md Rezaul Karim told BSS.

Those lawyers were appointed as the deputy attorney generals as per
article 3 (2) of The Bangladesh Law Officers Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 6 of
1972), the notification said.

Meanwhile another Law and Justice Division notification today exempted 26
deputy attorney generals from their service, accepting their resignation
letters.

The government earlier in the month made a total of 105 Supreme Court
lawyers as Assistant Attorneys Generals.

Recently Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq had
asked the assistant attorney generals and deputy attorney generals, who were
appointed before 2017, to resign.