Category: BDFA News
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Noakhali’s Hijra Community Largely Excluded From Voter Rolls
In Noakhali district, the vast majority of Hijra people remain excluded from the voter list despite the existence of a separate “third gender” category in Bangladesh’s voter registration system. While more than two thousand Hijra people are estimated to live across the district’s nine upazilas, official records show that only 14 individuals are registered as…
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Five Women Day Labor Killed in Madaripur Road Crash, Families Left Without Support
Five women day laborers who regularly traveled across districts for agricultural work were killed in a road accident in Madaripur on Sunday evening, highlighting the extreme vulnerability faced by working-class women in Bangladesh. The women were returning home after a day of wage labor when a passenger bus collided head-on with a battery-operated auto-rickshaw on…
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Female Students at DU Hold ‘Burn the Administration Barbecue’ Demanding an End to Discrimination
Female students of Dhaka University (DU) organized a protest titled “Burn the Administration Barbecue” at the central playground on Sunday evening, demanding an end to discrimination and the assurance of safety for women students. The symbolic program was held to protest what students described as ongoing harassment and restrictions imposed in the name of “security.”…
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