Staff correspondent:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly constructed 15-storey Bangladesh Bar Council building with state-of-the-art facilities at a cost of Tk 138 crore in the capital.
He inaugurated the building today as the chief guest after unveiling the inaugural plaque erected at the place adjacent to the High Court.
The Prime Minister visited various parts of the building.
Earlier, Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque welcomed the Prime Minister with bouquets of flowers.The building has spacious office space, meeting room, two conference rooms, record room, store room, waiting area, cafeteria, day-care center, exhibition space, registration room, bank, accounts department, IT department and other facilities.
Built under the supervision of the Department of Law and Justice and designed by the Department of Architecture, the building has five tribunal rooms, multipurpose halls and separate prayer rooms.
Bar building with TV lounge, kitchen and dining hall accommodates more than 100 lawyers.
