Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Prof Dr. Asif Nazrul today spoke at the titled “National Conference on ADR: Role of District Legal Aid Committees in Implementing New Legislations' at a city hotel. Photo: BSS

DHAKA, Aug 25, 2025 (BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Prof Dr. Asif Nazrul today said the government will continue legal aid services as part of its utmost effort to save the time, labor and money of litigants without depending on grants.

He said this at an event titled “National Conference on ADR: Role of District Legal Aid Committees in Implementing New Legislations' at a city hotel.

“If we can use our money properly, a lot can be done. Even if we do not get a single penny as grant, we will not stop the legal aid services as long as our term remains. And we will make arrangements so that people benefit from it even after we leave,” he said.

Stating that if people don’t get service properly, the law or the government's efforts will be of no value, he said, "We can do a lot by properly utilizing the money and power we have. Along with legal reforms, we also need infrastructural systems, and we have the capacity for that. And we will make arrangements for legal aid in every district during the six months we are in office."

Asif Nazrul said, "If we can make legal aid easily available, then imagine how many people's problems we can solve very easily and at very low cost." 

Ninety percent of people who have received legal aid services have expressed satisfaction with the verdict they got, he said. 

And they are getting their problems resolved through legal aid in one-tenth the time compared to the courts, he said.

Expressing gratitude for the sincere efforts of the officials of the law ministry to make legal aid easily available, he said, "From these ideas, we started thinking about whether legal aid can be made mandatory."

The adviser pledged of ensuring that two lakh cases will be served through legal aid every month by December 2026. 

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed attended the function as the chief guest while Housing and Public Works Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman, European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller and UNDP Resident Representative Stefan Liller were present as special guests.