Newly appointed chief justice to take oath this noon

Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, senior most judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, is set to take oath today (August 11) as the country’s 25th Chief Justice.

He will take the oath at 12pm at the Bangabhaban.

Earlier, President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed Syed Refaat Ahmed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh on Saturday (August 10) night.

The appointment came after Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned from his post. 

Earlier, students issued an ultimatum to Obaidul Hassan and five judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1:00pm on Saturday.

The five judges are Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique, Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim, Justice Md Shahinur Islam and Justice Kashefa Hussain.