Persistent judge crisis requires urgent interventions

Urgent solution is needed to this longstanding problem in Bangladesh's judicial process

Cases stuck in the justice system for years are prolonging suffering

Appointing more judges key to clearing huge case backlogs

Golam Rabbani, judge of the Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal of Narsingdi, has been appointed as the registrar of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.

A colossal backlog of around 3 million cases is pending with the courts across the country, including the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court (SC), causing immeasurable suffering to the litigants.

The High Court grants four-week anticipatory bail to BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia in seven criminal cases.