[2] His maternal uncle Nurul Huda served as a High Court judge.

[citation needed] Latifur Rahman started his lawyer career with the Dhaka High Court membership in 1960.

[1] Latifur Rahman became the chief justice on 1 January 2000 and retired from the position on 28 February 2001.

He was the chief adviser of the caretaker government from 15 July 2001 to 10 October 2001 which oversaw the eighth parliamentary election in Bangladesh.

[1] Latifur Rahman died at Samorita Hospital in Dhaka on 6 June 2017.