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the ­­­Department of Public Security division of the home ministry as per the rules of the Secretariat.

In response to another query from Awami League MP Abul Kalam Azad, the law minister said that 36.70 lakh cases are pending in the trial courts till March 31 of this year.

Among them, there are 15.84 lakh civil cases and 20.86 lakh criminal cases.

Dhaka has the highest number with 5.44 lakh ongoing cases, and Chattagram follows next with 2.71 lakh cases.

In response to a query from AL MP Morshed Alam from Noakhali-2, the law minister said that the present government is working tirelessly to establish a modern judiciary to alleviate the suffering of the people seeking justice.

“If the steps taken by the government are implemented, the number of pending cases across the country will come down to a tolerable level and there will be effective and visible improvement in the speedy disposal of cases,” he added.