Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners were sworn in this afternoon. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique administered their oaths at the Judges' Lounge of the Supreme Court at 4:30pm.
All the ad-interim orders delivered by the High Court including those regarding bails have been extended for the next four weeks because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar issued a notification to this effect today under the directive from Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.