Govt to sign deal with UNDP for activating village courts

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The UN development agency UNDP will mobilise funds for instituting Village Court in rural areas of Bangladesh, involving $14.98 million or about Tk 1.03 billion in terms of the local currency, reports UNB.

For the funding, government and UNDP will sign an agreement today (Wednesday) for the implementation of a new technical assistance project on "Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh".

The signing ceremony of the project will be held in the NEC-2 Conference Room of ERD at about 12:00 noon.