25 newly appointed High Court judges sworn in

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath on Tuesday

Twenty-five newly appointed judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have taken their oath.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at 1:40pm on Tuesday.

The ceremony was conducted by Mohammad Moazzem Hossain, the registrar (justice) of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.

The new additional judges are Anwarul Islam (Shahin), Saiful Islam, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Abu Taher, Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Rajiuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, SM Saiful Islam, Md Asif Hasan, Md Ziaul Haque, Dihidar Masum Kabir, Jasmine Ara Begum, Murad-e-Mawla Sohel, Zakir Hossain, Md Rafizul Islam, Md Manjur Alam, Md Lutfar Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Fatema Anwar, Mahmud Hasan, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Zubair, AFM Saiful Karim, Urmi Rahman, and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud.

The law ministry issued a notification about the appointment of the 25 additional judges to the High Court Division on Monday following an order from the president.