Various initiatives have been taken in Bangladesh for years
to make the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system effective to reduce the
suffering of litigants and case backlogs. A legal framework has also been
created. However, there is little interest among the parties in this faster and
less expensive method. As a result, it has yet to achieve the desired success.
Legal experts say both parties need to have some willingness
to compromise to resolve a dispute through the ADR system. H...