Dhaka, Aug. 27 -- The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, representing the largest minority group in the Muslim-majority South Asian country, expressed outrage on August 26 over the absence of minority representation among newly appointed judges.

"Yesterday (25 August 2025), 25 judges were appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. Among them, 9 are judicial officers, 9 are lawyers, and 7 are law officers", the minority group said in a statement.

"Despite the fact that each of these fields has sufficient qualified individuals from religious and ethnic minority communities, it is deeply regrettable that not a single person from the country's 10% minority population is included among the...