Category: BDFA News
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16-Year-Old Boy Attacked in Dhaka for Wearing Shorts
A 16-year-old schoolboy was attacked in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area for wearing football shorts in public—an incident that exposes the growing culture of moral policing and everyday violence shaping public life in Bangladesh. The boy, a ninth-grade student at an English-medium school, was returning from football practice and coaching classes when two young men stopped him,…
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UAP Expels Layeka Bashir Amid Protest, Raising Alarms Over Academic Freedom
Assistant Professor Layeka Bashir of the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) has been expelled following student protests and escalating pressure on the university administration. According to reports, she was first asked to resign abruptly, without any transparent legal or institutional process. After she protested this move, an investigation committee was formed. However, before she was…
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Four Women Found Dead in Separate Incidents Across Dhaka
Police recovered the bodies of four women from separate locations in Dhaka between the night of January 16 and the morning of January 17, 2026, according to police sources. The incidents took place in Badda, Mirpur, Demra, and Jatrabari. All four bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy. In Jatrabari’s Konapara Adarshbagh…
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