The first footsteps towards taking resort to alternate methods of dispute resolution in the ancient India can be traced back as early as The Bengal Regulation Act,1772 which provided that in all cases of disputed accounts, parties are to submit the same to arbitrators whose decision are deemed a decree and shall be final. And very recently the government has introduced the system of ADR in solving the tax disputes. The tax disputes can be settled now through ADR even at the appellate stage also.

Even in international arena, Bangladesh has shown her belief in resolving disputes through ADR in a friendly and peaceful manner.