| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 31 August 1996 |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1967 |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Alma Mater: | Jahangirnagar University Dhaka International University |
Md. Bashir Ullah is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.[1]
Ullah was born on 31 December 1967.[2] He has a Bachelor of Law, a Master of Social Science, and a Master of Philosophy. He completed his PhD at Jahangirnagar University. He has a diploma from Dhaka International University.
Ullah started his legal practice on 31 August 1996. He became a lawyer in the High Court Division on 12 December 2001.
From 5 April 2008 to 29 April 2017, Ullah served as a faculty of Jahangirnagar University and Demra Law College. Ullah became an Assistant Attorney General of Bangladesh on 20 April 2009. He was promoted to Deputy Attorney General on 22 May 2013.
In 2015, Ullah represented the state in the sedition case against Abdus Salam, chairman of ETV, for broadcasting a speech by Tarique Rahman live.[3]
Ullah became a lawyer of the Appellate Division on 29 March 2018. He represented the government against Shahidul Alam.[4] He represented the state in the Comilla arson case against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[5] [6]
Ullah served as the Deputy Attorney General till 30 July 2022 and was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 July.[7] He and the ten other newly appointed judges went to the mausoleum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to pay their respects after their appointment.[8] In October 2022, Ullah and Justice Jahangir Hossain confirmed the death penalty of five in the Aftab Ahmed murder case.[9]
In January, Ullah and Justice Zafar Ahmed asked the government to explain why retired government officials cannot contest elections within three years of their retirement following a petition filed by retired Brigadier General Md Shamim Kamal.[10] In June 2023, Ullah and Justice Zafar Ahmed scrapped a petition filed by Mohammad Zahangir Alam challenging his suspension from the post mayor of Gazipur.[11]