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OBIT-MAHBUBEY ALAM-LEAD
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam passes away
DHAKA, Sept 27, 2020 (BSS) – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today breathed
his last as he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Dhaka’s Combined
Military Hospital (CMH). He was 72.
“My father breathed his last at 7.25 pm,” Mahbubey Alam’s son journalist
Sheikh Suman Mahbub told BSS.
Alam, hailed from Munshiganj on the outskirts of the capital, earned a high
prominence by virtue of his professional excellence and persona, left behind
his wife, a son, a daughter and a host relatives and admirers to mourn his
death.
He was admitted to the CMH with high temperature on September 4 where he
was tested positive for COVID-19 and 14 days later he was moved to the
intensive care unit of the facility as his health condition worsened.
Alam was the longest serving attorney general or the top law officer of the
country since his appointment in 2009.
Immediately after the news broke, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their profound shock and sorrow and prayed
for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the
bereaved family.
Alam made his debut as a lawyer in 1975 while with his quality as a
professional leader he later became the president of the president of Supreme
Court Bar Association.
He obtained his Bachelor of Arts with honors in Political Science and
Masters of Arts in Public Administration from premier Dhaka University in
1968 and 1969 respectively. He secured his bachelor’s degree in law from the
same University in 1972. He was enrolled as an advocate with Bangladesh Bar
Council in 1973 and subsequently was awarded permission to practice in
Supreme Court’s High Court Division in January, 1975.
He got himself enrolled as an advocate of the apex Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court of in 1980 and as a mark of recognition to his outstanding
professional performance, Alam was enrolled as a ‘Senior Advocate’ of the
Supreme Court in 1998.
He obtained diploma in Constitutional Law and Parliamentary Institutions
and Procedure in 1979 from the prestigious Institute of Constitutional and
Parliamentary Studies, New Delhi, India.
He held the office of the Attorney General for Bangladesh since January 13,
2009. He is also holding the office of the Chairman of Bangladesh Bar
Council.
Previously Alam held the office of the Additional Attorney General for
Bangladesh from November 15, 1998 to October 4, 2001.
He served as the elected Secretary for the term 1993-1994 and President for
the term 2005-2006 of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association.
Alam also served as the elected Member of the Bangladesh Bar Council for
the term 2004-2007.
He conducted a good numbers of very important cases including Bangabandhu
Murder Trial, Constitution’s 5th, 7th, 13th and 16th amendments, BDR mutiny
and 1971 War Crimes.
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