At just 13 years old, a young girl from Tiyapara village in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila finds herself trapped in a nightmare. The small girl from Tiyapara village became the victim of her father’s ...

Abdullah Al Mamun also imposed a Tk40,000 fine on the bride’s mother for arranging the marriage of an underage girl ...

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 ...

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

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 ...