DHAKA, June 9, 2025 (BSS) - Legal aid has been provided to 28,965 indigent litigants through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office under the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO).

This information has been revealed in a report published in the website of NLASO.

This report provided detail information on legal assistance provided by NLASO from 2009 to April 2025.

Initially, this service of the National Legal Aid Services Organization was launched at the district level. But, later, this service was introduced in the Supreme Court, the Workers' Legal Aid Cell in Dhaka and Chattogram and prisons across the country. The Supreme Court Legal Aid Office began providing legal aid in 2015.

A total of 25,704 litigants received legal advice from the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office as of April 2025 and assistance was provided in 3,261 cases, out of which 2,286 cases were disposed.

The report also stated that a total of 1,207,993 people received legal aid from 2009 to April 2025. Out of those, 1,27,093 persons are prisoners.

The legal aid services are provided through the country's 64 District Legal Aid Offices, the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office, the Workers' Legal Aid Cells in Dhaka and Chattogram and the National Helpline Call Center (toll-free) number 16430.

According to statistics, 28,965 people benefited from the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office, 962,385 people benefited from the 64 District Legal Aid Offices, 29,274 people from the Workers' Legal Aid Cell (Dhaka and Chattogram) and 187,369 people from the National Helpline Call Center (16430).

This service has been provided at government expense under the 'Legal Aid Act' with the aim of providing legal aid to financially indigent and incompetent people seeking justice in the country. 

The activities of the National Legal Aid Services Organization are carried out under the Law and Justice Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.