Bangladeshi model and actress Meghna Alam has been arrested after alleging she had an affair with a Saudi diplomat. Alam ...

Influential Islamist coalition in Bangladesh demands abolition of Women's Commission, sparking debate on women's rights and Islamic ideology.

DHAKA: Bangladesh police said Thursday (April 17) a former beauty queen arrested this month had attempted to honey-trap the ...

An Islamist group in Bangladesh has demanded the abolition of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission formed by the interim government to introduce reforms aimed at empowering women, saying it will ...

Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the use of the Special Powers Act for the arrest of model ...

In a joint initiative aimed at improving women's health and safety in Bangladesh, the Obstetric and Gynecological Society of ...

Bangladeshi model and actress Meghna Alam was arrested by Dhaka Police on April 9 under the Special Powers Act.

A former beauty queen, Meghna Alam, stands at the center of a scandal, accused of setting up a honey trap for a Saudi diplomat in Dhaka to extort USD 5 million. Alam denies the allegations, claiming ...

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s influential coalition of the religious parties has demanded the abolition of a government women’s commission, a further indication of how hardline, religiously fuelled activism is ...