Category: BDFA News
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Two Women Drown While Collecting Debris from Brahmaputra River in Gazipur Kapasia
Two women drowned in the Brahmaputra River in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur on Sunday morning. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the Khirati Dakshinpara area of the upazila. The deceased have been identified as Bilkis Akhter (35) and Lipi Akhter (40), both residents of the same neighborhood. Another woman, Sultana Akhter (35), survived and…
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Geeta Rani Kanu: Fighting for The Rights of Women Tea workers in Moulvibazar
All over Bangladesh’s tea gardens, it is women who drive the industry — plucking, sorting, and processing the leaves that sustain a major export economy. Yet despite their labor, tea workers remain among the most underpaid and marginalized communities in the country. Highlighting this injustice, Geeta Rani Kanu, a resident of Islampur Union in Kamalganj…
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Religious Speaker Accused of Exploiting Women Through ‘Marriage Bureau’
A woman named Tamanna Hatun has publicly accused Mufti Mamunur Rashid Qasemi, the founder of the Sharia-based matchmaking platform Ideal Marriage Bureau, of exploiting women through temporary “contact marriages.” The allegations were shared on Facebook on Thursday, where Tamanna identified herself as Qasemi’s third wife and detailed claims of manipulation, verbal divorce, and forced abortion.…
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