Category: BDFA News
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Jamaat Ameer Announces Plan to Reduce Women’s Working Hours at Manifesto Launch
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said the party has a plan to reduce working hours for employed women, speaking at the party’s manifesto launch in Banani, Dhaka, on Wednesday evening. The issue is not detailed in the written manifesto but was raised by the Ameer during his address. He said Jamaat has a phased plan…
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Nahid Islam Says NCP-Jamaat Alliance Will End if Women’s, Minority Rights Are Compromised
Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizens’ Party (NCP) and a candidate from the Jamaat-led alliance for Dhaka-11, said the electoral understanding with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will not continue if there is any compromise on women’s or minority rights. He made the remarks in an interview with The Week, published recently. Responding to questions about concerns…
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Biman MD, Wife Sent to Jail in Case Alleging Torture of 11 Year Old Girl Domestic Worker
A Dhaka court has ordered the jail custody of Shafiqur Rahman, Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, his wife Bithi, and two others in a case filed over the alleged torture of an 11-year-old girl employed as a domestic worker. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Raju Ahmed issued the order on Monday afternoon after a…
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