Sylhet District Bar Association

The Sylhet District Bar Association is an organization composed of lawyers practicing in the courts of district judges, session judges, magistrates, and various tribunals in the Sylhet district, established under the Civil Courts Act, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and other special laws. The bar association is regulated by the Bangladesh Bar Council Order.^[1] Members of this association have gone on to become the Chief Justice of Bangladesh, members of the National Parliament of Bangladesh, and members of the Assam Parliament. They played a significant role in the movement for independence from the British Empire and in the Liberation War against Pakistan.