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The government has cancelled all previous appointments and appointed 86 new Deputy Attorneys General (DAGs) and 179 Assistant Attorneys General (AAGs) at the Attorney General’s Office.
The Solicitor Wing of the Law and Justice Division issued separate orders regarding the appointments on Thursday.
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, 2024, officials at the Attorney General’s Office began resigning from their posts.
On August 8, senior Supreme Court lawyer Md Asaduzzaman was appointed as Attorney General, who is currently serving as the Law Minister.
On August 13, the government appointed lawyers Abdul Jabbar Bhuiyan, Anek R. Haque, and Mohammad Arshadur Rouf as Additional Attorneys General. Later, on August 28, the interim government appointed 66 Deputy Attorneys General and 161 Assistant Attorneys General.
On June 23, following the 13th parliamentary election, 18 law officers from the Attorney General’s Office resigned, reportedly identifying themselves as pro-Jamaat. Among them were seven Deputy Attorneys General and 11 Assistant Attorneys General.
They announced their collective resignation in protest against the failure to implement the July Charter, the government’s opposition to establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary, and the cancellation of the ordinance on Supreme Court judge appointments.