Examining Bangladesh's challenges in supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

The government has provided legal aid to 4.3 lakh poor and destitute people in the last 10 years through the National Legal Aid and Services Organization (NLASO), says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government had taken steps to ensure legal aid services at the country's grassroots level.

In Dhaka division, among 12 acid violence cases filed with the assistance of HRLS, not a single one has reached the judgment stage and all cases are pending at the witness hearing stage.

The shade of good administrative law largely relies on the expansion of legal aid concept.