The newly constructed 15-storey building for Bangladesh Bar Council, the licencing and regulatory body of lawyers, will be inaugurated today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the office building, constructed near the Supreme Court through a project costing Tk 138 crore.

The new building has adequate office space, meeting room, two conference rooms, record room, store room, waiting area, cafeteria, day-care centre, exhibition space, registration room, bank, accounts section, IT section, among other facilities.
 
Built under the supervision of Law and Justice Division and designed by Department of Architecture, the building has five tribunal rooms, multipurpose hall and separate prayers room, an official release said.
 
More than a hundred lawyers will be able to live in the building, with TV lounge, kitchen and dining hall. 
 
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is also scheduled to join as chief guest at lawyers' grand rally on Historic Suhrawardi Udyan today. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq will preside over the rally.

BDST: 0850 HRS, OCT 21, 2023
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