All the High Court orders of ad-interim bail have been extended for the next two weeks because of the ongoing Covid-19 situation.

The registrar's office of the High Court Division of Supreme Court issued a notification to this effect today under the directive from Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.

The High Court orders that granted bail to accused for specific periods or granted ad-interim bail to accused on condition of their surrender to lower courts concerned in connection with the cases against them have been extended for the next two weeks, the notification said.

On April 4, the HC registrar's office had earlier issued a similar notification to this effect, which will expire soon.

The chief justice has recently decided to run court functions across the country on a limited scale in order to prevent the surge of Covid-19 pandemic.