The National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) has provided legal services to 1,83,736 people through the national helpline call center (toll-free-16430) under the government's legal aid program, reports BSS.
This information has been revealed in a report published on the website of NLASO.
The report provides detailed information on legal assistance provided by NLASO from 2009 to February 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 (toll-free-16430), the Workers' Legal Aid Cell in Dhaka and Chattogram, and prisons across the country.
The report said that 183,736 beneficiaries received legal aid at government expense through the toll-free '16430' call center from 2009 to February 2025.
Before the establishment of the national helpline call center, information services were provided to 17,328 people through the hotline. In 2016, the National Helpline Call Center (toll-free-'16430') was launched with government legal assistance.
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.
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