DAGs, AAGs appointed before 2017 asked to resign

Legal officers of the Supreme Court who were appointed as deputy and assistant attorneys general before 2017 have been asked to tender their resignations by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

The attorney general gave the instruction in a meeting with law officers on Thursday in accordance with a letter from the law minister.

Several deputy attorneys general have already stepped down, Md Nasir Uddin, an official of the Attorney General's Office informed, reports bdnews24.

There are a total 59 deputy attorneys general and 106 assistant attorneys general serving the state. Of them, 33 deputy attorneys general and 54 assistant attorneys general were appointed before 2017.

But the attorney general did not offer any reason for the move. "They will serve in their offices until their resignation is accepted," he told reporters.