Former chief justice Latifur Rahman passes away

Latifur Rahman, a former chief justice and chief advisor to the 2001 caretaker government, has passed away at a Dhaka hospital. The 81-year-old breathed his last on Tuesday morning at the Samarita Hospital, where he was admitted on May 23. Supreme Court Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam told the Bangla Tribune that the former chief justice had been suffering from various ailments including pneumonia. Latifur Rahman took oath as a permanent judge in 1981. He became a member of the Appellate Division in 1990. He was sworn-in as the chief justice on January 1, 2000. After his retirement in 2001, Justice Rahman was made chief advisor to the caretaker government that oversaw the eighth national election.