Dhaka, Aug. 26 -- five newly appointed judges of the High Court Division were sworn in on Tuesday.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at 1:40 pm.

The new judges are: Anwarul Islam (Shahin), Saiful Islam, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Abu Taher, Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Rajiuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, SM Saiful Islam, Md Asif Hasan, Md Ziaul Haque, Dihidar Masum Kabir, Jasmine Ara Begum, Murad-e-Mawla Sohel, Zakir Hossain, Md Rafizul Islam, Md Manjur Alam, Md Lutfar Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Fatema Anwar, Mahmud Hasan, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Zubair, AFM Saiful Karim, Urmi Rahman and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointments on Monday, raising the total number of High Court judges to 113.

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