<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged lawyers to play their due role to establish good governance in the country.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The incumbent government wants to ensure good governance in the country ... Lawyers must perform their assigned duties in a proper manner," he told a view-exchange meeting with the lawyers at Pabna District Bar here this evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Head of State added: "The present government believes in the rule of law. So the independence of judiciary has been ensured in the country".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A former district and sessions judge Shahabuddin said the independence of the judiciary depends on the coordination of judges and lawyers.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"If there is a good relationship between lawyers and judges . . . the rule of law will be established then," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The President said purification strategy is very urgent here and the lawyers cannot assist the bench where corruption taints society.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Lawyers not only assist judges in their legal profession but also sometime guide them," the former lawyer observed.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The President said laws are introduced for the welfare of common people and it is the job of lawyers to present the law naturally and give a clear and correct interpretation of the law.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bar association leaders and senior lawyers were present on the occasion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the President unveiled the portrait plaque of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - "Bangabandhu Corner" - at the Pabna District and Sessions Judge Court premises.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, he visited the District and Sessions Judge Court Museum there.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, on his arrival there, the President was welcomed by judges led by District and Sessions Judge Begum Shamim Ahmed with a flower of bouquet.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, the President visited "Valiant Freedom Fighter Shahabuddin Chupu Amusement Park".&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He spent some time there and exchanged greetings with all concerned.&nbsp; BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>