Md. Ataur Rahman Khan

Md. Ataur Rahman Khan is a former judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life Khan was born on 1 December 1957.

Career Khan joined the district court as a lawyer on 5 March 1984. The ten judges appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. The acquitted are A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Abdul Hashem Mridha, Mohammad Bazlul Huda, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Marfat Ali Shah, Syed Faruque Rahman, and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan.

Khan and Justice AKM Asaduzzaman granted bail to Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star, in 10 cases in June 2016.

Khan and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain halted the suspension order of M. A. Mannan, mayor of Gazipur, by the Local Government Division in July 2017. Khan and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain also stayed the suspension orders of the mayors of Habiganj and Rajshahi. Khan and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain summoned Health Secretary Sirajul Haque Khan for failure of the ministry to take action against pharmaceutical companies that produced toxic paracetamol leading to the death of 28 children in 2009. In November 2017, Khan and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain declared the government travel ban on Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, former member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, illegal. Khan and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain asked the government to explain why closing Lakehead Grammar School for inspiring religious extremism should not be declared illegal as it harmed the students. It asked the government to take actions against individuals who have specific allegations against them and not the school as it would be detrimental to the education of the students.