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National Legal Services Day today

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Published: 05:39, 28 April 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
National Legal Services Day today

Staff Correspondent:  The country is observing National Legal Services Day today (Friday) aimed at raising mass awareness about providing judicial assistance to all.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday issued separate messages wishing success of all programmes on the occasion.

In his message, President Abdul Hamid urged all to work from their respective positions to establish an equity and justice-based society being inspired with the spirit of the Liberation War aimed at establishing fundamental rights and rule of law, ensuring political, economic and social rights.

The President appreciated for making legal aid law to help the poor and helpless people terming the government’s initiatives as epoch-making one in the history of judiciary.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, hoped that alongside the government, bar councils and bar associations, international organisations, private agencies, civil society and media sector will play more pro-active roles in increasing outreach of the legal aid for public welfare.

"The judiciary has been enjoying full freedom. Every citizen of the country gets equal shelter of law," she mentioned.

The premier said access to fair justice is a constitutional right of every citizen and none can be deprived of justice because of his or her faith, race, gender and social disparity or poverty.

"We have earned our independence through historic struggle for national emancipation responding to the call of the Greatest Bangalee of All time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman," she said.

The main objective of the struggle was to build an exploitation free democratic society, ensure basic human rights, political, economic and social equality and freedom and justice for all, Sheikh Hasina added.



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