Call to provide cost-free legal aid services to the poor

RANGPUR, July 6 (BSS): Speakers at a day-long seminar here have stressed on for making the government's legal aid services programme successful through reaching the cost-free legal services to the extremely poor and distressed people.

The District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC) organised the seminar on "Government's Legal Aid Services" at the Town Hall auditorium recently with assistance of Aid-Comilla, BRAC, 'Nagorik Uddog' and National Women Lawyers' Association.

The Justice for All Programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been extending financial cooperation for implementation of the Government's Legal Aid Project. The National Legal Aid Services Organisation of the Justice Division under the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has been implementing the project to provide cost-free legal aid to the poor of the country.

District and Sessions Judge of Rangpur and Chairman of the DLAC Manjurul Basit presided over the seminar.

The learned judges, panel lawyers, officials, DLAC Members, Officers-in-Charge of all eight Thanas in the district, lawyers, human rights and NGO activists, public representatives, professionals, civil society members, journalists and elite participated.

Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Rangpur KG Mostafa, Chief Judicial Magistrate Mostaq Ahmed, Police Super Abdur Razzaque, Additional District & Sessions Judge Md. Rokanuzzaman, Additional District Magistrate Tonima Tasnim, President of Rangpur Ainjibi Samity Advocate Abdul Haque Pramanik, its General Secretary Abdul Malek, Senior Programme Manager of RDRS Bangladesh Mezbahun Nahar addressed.