The newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by laying a wreath at the National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar.
He arrived at the National Memorial in Savar via road at 7:15am on Monday (12 August). After paying his respects at the martyrs' monument with flowers, the chief justice signed the visitor's book there.
Subsequently, at 8:50am, the Chief Justice arrived at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. There, he laid a wreath in honor of the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement and also paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in the anti-discrimination student movement.
Judges from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, High Court Division judges, and officials from the Supreme Court Registry were present during the visits.