"A bill to this effect will be placed in the next session of the Jatiya Sangsad," he said, adding that the new cadre service has been named 'Permanent Legal Service.'

Explaining the objectives of such a plan, Moudud Ahmed said public prosecutors were still being appointed on an ad-hoc basis.

"They lose their jobs with the change of government," he said, adding that such trend was, in fact, hampering the normal course of activities in the field of legal affairs.

"That is why the government is very keen to finalise the process of their appointment through the Public Service Commission," he said while addressing a workshop on 'Violence against women: Procedural barrier to justice' yesterday.

Khan Foundation organised the workshop, with Minister for Science and ICT and its Advisor Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan in the chair. Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, Australian Deputy High Commissioner Dr Michele Forster and secretary of the ministry Asaduzzaman also spoke.

The participants underscored the need for waging a countrywide movement to resist violence against women.

They lauded the role of the government in protecting the women from violence but stressed enforcement of relevant laws for speedy trial of pending cases relating to violence against women.