Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed urges the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the country to work with the courts and facilitate justice.

He reminded the DCs that governance and justice are not separate roads but they run in parallel leading to the same destination-a just, secure, and prosperous Bangladesh. "The future will judge us not by the power we hold, but by how we wield it in the service of justice," he said.

At the Deputy Commissioners' Conference held at the Supreme Court Auditorium on Monday, he also called upon the DCs to continue their commendable service, but with a renewed commitment to upholding legal sanctity.

The Chief Justice further said that sacrifices of the martyrs of 1971 gave birth to an independent...