DHAKA: Government has appointed 70 lawyers as deputy attorney generals (DAGs).

Law Ministry issued a gazette notification on Sunday afternoon (July 21).

Of the seventy, 31 were freshly appointed, 32 were reappointed and seven were promoted from assistant attorney generals to deputy attorney generals.

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 exempted 26 deputy attorney generals from their service, accepting their resignation letters.

BDST: 2102 HRS, JULY 21, 2019

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