Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Bangladesh's judiciary has entered what the Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed described as a "new institutional era", marking a fundamental shift in how the justice system operates over the past 18 months.

Speaking at a seminar in Chattogram on Saturday, he said the transformation achieved through collective effort and constitutional clarity stands as a milestone in the country's judicial history.The seminar was organised jointly by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), according to a Supreme Court media statement.

Refaat said the reform roadmap he unveiled on Sept 21, 2024, has served as a guiding commitment to ensure full judicial independence and reinforce public confidenc...