Legal Aid Ordinance amendment– Caveats and way forward
The Legal Aid Services(Amendment) Ordinance 2025 and its subsequent 2026 amendment represent the most substantive institutional reform of Bangladesh’s legal aid architecture since the foundational Act of 2000. Taken together, the ordinances address genuine structural deficiencies, limited outreach, weak accountability, and a litigation-centric model that excludes the poor by design. However, the reforms also introduce…
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